@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 10 months agoElephant conscripted by the Imperial German Army to move logs, WW1, 1915imagemessage-square10arrow-up1123arrow-down12
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minus-squarePugJesusMlinkfedilink16•10 months agoBecause he’s part of the war effort now o7 The elephant was taken from a civilian zoo and pressed into service. ‘Conscripted’ seemed appropriate.
minus-square@RolandolinkEnglish3•10 months agoDo we know if it a German zoo? Or was it a Belgian or Russian zoo?
minus-square@RolandolinkEnglish3•10 months agoOK, so the German Empire probably had some law or policy in place for the requisitioning of civilian animals. I am tempted to make a joke about the elephant being a collaborator if it had not been German. But according to wikipedia: In modern times, it is considered in most criminal justice systems that non-human animals lack moral agency and so cannot be held culpable for an act.
Because he’s part of the war effort now o7
The elephant was taken from a civilian zoo and pressed into service. ‘Conscripted’ seemed appropriate.
Do we know if it a German zoo? Or was it a Belgian or Russian zoo?
Hamburg Zoo, I believe!
OK, so the German Empire probably had some law or policy in place for the requisitioning of civilian animals.
I am tempted to make a joke about the elephant being a collaborator if it had not been German. But according to wikipedia: