It is a little bit sad to me that cats are dragged into our human dramas like this, but theres no denying their heroism.

During World War I, an estimated 500,000 cats of World War served alongside soldiers, playing crucial roles in the trenches of the Western front. Rats were a serious problem in these trenches, and the cats were essential in keeping them at bay.

Born in the trenches, Pitouchi had lost his mother as a kitten and was adopted by a Belgian soldier, Lt. Lekeux.

Spooked by the sound, Pitouchi “jumped out of the hole onto a piece of timber,” writes Susan Bulanda in her book Soldiers in Fur and Feathers. The Germans “fired two shots at Pitouchi. However, as frightened as he was, Pitouchi was not hit, and he jumped back into the hole with his beloved Lekeux.”

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It is a little bit sad to me that cats are dragged into our human dramas like this, but theres no denying their heroism. 

>  During World War I, an estimated 500,000 cats of World War served alongside soldiers, playing crucial roles in the trenches of the Western front. Rats were a serious problem in these trenches, and the cats were essential in keeping them at bay.

> Born in the trenches, Pitouchi had lost his mother as a kitten and was adopted by a Belgian soldier, Lt. Lekeux.
>Spooked by the sound, Pitouchi “jumped out of the hole onto a piece of timber,” writes Susan Bulanda in her book Soldiers in Fur and Feathers. The Germans “fired two shots at Pitouchi. However, as frightened as he was, Pitouchi was not hit, and he jumped back into the hole with his beloved Lekeux.”