BADGE OF HONOUR

Sir — On 16 April 1931, Dorothy Brooke, the wife of a British cavalry officer, wrote to British newspaper The Morning Post.

She appealed to the British public to help the war horses who had been sold into a life of hard labour in Egypt after the conflict ended. These heroic horses served with the British troops, only to become overworked walking skeletons abandoned far from home.

Readers donated enough money for Dorothy to buy back 5,000 forgotten war heroes. It led to the creation “Brooke, Action for Working Horses and Donkeys”, the global charity we are today.

One hundred years on from the end of World War I, it’s shocking that millions of horses, donkeys and mules still endure the harshest of lives, their labour keeping poor families around the world out of poverty.

To mark the World War I centenary, our “Every Horse Remembered” pin badge, from thebrookeshop.org, is the perfect way to honour the horses of the past and present, and improve the lives of future generations.

Brooke is a legacy of the great war and the British public are part of our history. Please help us

create a better future for working horses, donkey and mules.

Petra Ingram

Chief executive, Brooke