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THE importance of safeguarding animal life under war conditions has been fully realized by the Government and a useful and effective scheme has been worked out. The Home Office has appointed a National Air Raids Precautions Animals Committee. In each district or danger zone, all the local veterinary surgeons and the animal clinics and depots of the local animal welfare societies are co-operating under regional organizers appointed by the Home Office. These regional organizers are usually qualified veterinary surgeons. The Government A.R.P. Handbook No. 12 dealing specially with animals has been widely circulated, and the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals purchased 100,000 copies for free distribution to people whe cannot afford them.
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Animals during War-time. Nature 144, 661 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144661c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144661c0