, Hundreds of dogs and cats of every imaginable ■ breed and cross-breed were taken to England by the men returning with the Army of Occupation on the Rhine. It has been remarked that cne of the things that struck the Germans most about the English "Tommies" was the way in which they instantly attracted and adopted all manner of dogs, cats, and birds, and it would have been a real grief to many of them to abandon their pets. But six months' enforced quarantine costs more than £10, and the prospect was dark until the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals stepped in and promised to use the balance of a fund raised during the war in making the necessary grants, on condition that each man paid £2 to show that he is really interested in the animal, '
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 134, 3 December 1929, Page 13
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