The City of Paris inaugurated a monument to the dead of animals this Tuesday. The statues were installed “in memory of the animals of war,” says a commemorative plaque.
Estimates suggest that between 11 and 14 million animals died during the Great War and around 30 million during the Second World War. In 2021, a stele has already been erected in Oise to honor the memory of war animals. The new war memorial, created by Gérard Collin-Thiébaut, was inaugurated in the presence of representatives of the Paris town hall.