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The Purple Poppy
The purple poppy is a symbol of remembrance in the United Kingdom for animals that served during wartime. The symbol was created in 2006 based on the principle of the traditional red remembrance poppy for Remembrance Day.
The purple poppy was created in 2006 by the charity Animal Aid as a way to commemorate animals which served during conflicts as the charity viewed that they had been the forgotten victims of war. Approximately eight million horses and donkeys died during the First World War. It was created to be worn alongside red or white poppies. Animal Aid continued to sell the purple poppy with proceeds going to them until 2015 when they replaced the symbol with an enamel purple paw badge as they felt it was being misinterpreted — the animals are not "heroes" but victims. The purple poppy symbol was subsequently picked up by the Murphy's Army charity in 2016 and continued to be sold by them." - Wikipedia
Image by Cornelia Schneider-Frank from Pixabay
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Here is my Sunday Selfie. Hope you all have a good day!
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15 comments:
That is sure a nice remembrance post and a very pretty selfie sweet Athena!
Great post! This is the first year we've heard about the purple poppy but we think it's a pawsome idea.
The Florida Furkids
Lovely post to remember the animals in conflict.
What a lovely post for Remembrance Day, Athena. And we love your selfie! We will share about Ozzy. :)
Hugs!
What a beautiful thing to do, a separate flower for the animals, I have never heard of this, it is wonderful.
Very nice remembrance post. XO
That's a very beautiful Remembrance Day post, Athena. We had never heard of the Purple Poppy before.
Your own selfie is also furry beautiful - one of your best.
Nice selfie, Athena. I didn't know about the purple poppy before.
So many lost their lives, and so many still forgotten in the mists of time.
May we remember them ALL.
Purrs
ERin
I think this is just wonderful! I love the significance of the purple poppy, brilliant! Yes the animals who served should be acknowledged as well, well done! xoxo
I was aware of the massive carnage of horses in the first world war. The purple poppy thing is new to me as well. Great selfie again!
I hope that the entire world adopts the purple poppy!
Ozzy looks precious and loving. I dearly hope he finds a home. We all need to remember and treasure animals and the Purple Poppy is really important.
Thank you for remembering our four-legged heroes.
Thanks so much Athena for the great way to remember
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