Armed forces across the globe have employed animals through the ages — a practice as old as warfare itself. Though modernisation has noticeably reduced the army’s requirement of animals and today’s mounted troops ride in armoured vehicles rather than on horseback, these advancements have not made animals obsolete in modern warfare. In times of trouble, like soldiers, animals too have put their best foot, paw, fin, flipper or wing forward to answer the call of duty.
Mules in the Indian army
Pedongi, the mule who outsmarted