.QUINCY (WGEM) – Quincy College Professor Wendell Mauter talked about the importance of animals during World War II on Saturday.World Battle II is understood for several things, yet day-to-day household pets is not one of all of them. That’s why longtime Quincy College teacher Wendell Mauter made a decision to present Quincy citizens regarding their value.” No one thinks about them, but there were perhaps a lot more pets used in The second world war than some other war in individual past,” Mauter explained.There were about a dozen attendees, 2 of them being actually pet dogs, at the event. Professor Mauter described how pets fulfilled an amount of functions for each sides throughout the war.
He provided an example of how United States citizens donated nearly 20,000 pets to the military throughout the war.Mauter partnered along with the Quincy Humane Society for the event since he believes that creatures serve a variety of parts in folks’s lives.” All our pet dogs are saving canines coming from the gentle community so I wished to render a bit to what they’ve created for our team because adopting a dog it only alters your lifestyle,” Mauter added.The Quincy Humane Community plans to hold these kinds of occasions down the road and also switch them right into fundraisers for their animal shelter.Copyright 2024 WGEM. All legal rights reserved.