COSSACK HORSES
VETERINARY SUPPLIES SENT
TO RUSSIA.
Russia’s war horses are getting a steady flow of veterinary supplies and equipment from Britain’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The society has already raised £15,000 towards the £40,000 needed to meet the requests made by the Soviet Government through the British Ambassador.
To date the Soviet Army Veterinary Corps has received 1,500 kilogrammes of drugs and dressings. Round about 1.000 veterinary surgeons' wallets complete with instruments and drugs have been dispatched and 1,000 more are on the way. Field chests costing £lB apiece have gone out and the latest batch of supplies included microtomes, syringes, and 17 field microscopes. The drugs sent are for dressing burns, removing tape worms, healing up wounds, and combating fever. The Russian Army has an excellent system of dealing with its sick and wounded horses, but its large supplies are being drained and the Soviet Government have asked for 5 outfits for veterinary hospitals, which will include special veterinary tents and lighting apparatus, each costing £l,OOO. The Royal Society is getting the money for them.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1942, Page 4
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182COSSACK HORSES Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1942, Page 4
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