Today I learned on Nostr: TIL about the Great British Dog and Cat Massacre of 1939. In which Londoners, to ...

TIL about the Great British Dog and Cat Massacre of 1939. In which Londoners, to prepare for war with Nazi Germany, voluntarily killed over 400,000 of their home pets in a one month period so as to ease the strain on resources. The deaths were found to be mostly unnecessary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Cat_and_Dog_Massacre
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