COSSACK CAVALRY

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXI, Issue 8834, 19 October 1942, Page 1

COSSACK CAVALRY

TREATING WOUNDED HORSES SUPPLIES SENT FROM LONDON LONDON, July 25. 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 1500 kilogrammes of drugs and dressings. Round about 1000 veterinary surgeons’ wallets complete with instruments and drugs have been dispatched and 10,00 more are on the way. Field chests costing £lB apiece have gone out and the latest hatch 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 has asked for five outfits for veterinary hospitals, which will include special veterinary .'tents and lighting apparatus, each costing £IOOO. The Royal Society is getting the money for them.