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India Will Soon Get its First War Memorial For Animals

It will come up at the Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) Centre and College in Meerut.

Meerut, January 23, 2020: To give our country’s four footed soldiers their long overdue army is planning a war memorial for animals at Meerut’s Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) Centre and College. This Will be exclusively devoted to service animals, mostly dogs but will also include horses and mules.

Country’s very first
This is to recognise heroics on the battlefield, devotion to duty and outstanding contribution to military service alongside soldiers. It is all set to feature a heroine who lost her life in counter-insurgency operation in Kashmir in 2016. Along with that, it is going to highlight few others who acquitted themselves creditably in the Kargil war India fought with Pakistan in 1999.

Somewhat like National War Memorial in Delhi
The project is planned in lines with the Delhi’s National War Memorial but on a smaller scale. The approvals from defense ministry are awaited after which it can actualize. Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) Centre and College in Meerut has a significant contribution in raising the four footed army for nation’s security. The college breeds, rears, and trains dogs, mules and horses.

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Service Dogs May Help Army Veterans Struggling with PTSD

Having a service dog was also associated with less anger, less anxiety and better sleep

New York, April 30, 2019: After serving the nation for so many years in army veterans often succumb to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). If a research is to be believed, in such circumstances, service dogs might be able to offer both behavioral and physiological benefits to help counter some of those symptoms, according to research that is being led by the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine, Indiana.

The research led by Maggie O’Haire, assistant professor of human-animal interaction in the College of Veterinary Medicine is on the verge of figuring out how service dogs help veterans with PTSD. The latest findings have indicated that veterans may benefit physiologically from having a service dog — the first published research to use a physiological marker to show the effects of service dogs.

A preliminary study that took place in 2015-16 showed that overall symptoms of PTSD were lower among war veterans with service dogs. The pilot study was co-funded by the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) and Bayer Animal Health. The study examined 141 veterans with 76 of them having a service dog and 66 being on a waiting list for a dog.
O’Haire led that study with the help of K9s for Warriors an accredited nonprofit organization that provides veterans with service dogs. The pilot research project provided scientific evidence of mental health benefits experienced by veterans with PTSD who have service dogs. The findings during that study also went beyond behavioral benefits and assessed cortisol levels because it is a biomarker in the stress response system, O’Haire said to media.Research has also revealed that for veterans, having a service dog was also associated with less anger, less anxiety and better sleep.

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