Gatos y perros han servido como mascotas durante las guerras, pero mientras los gatos lo hacian para controlar las plagas, los perros realizaron un amplio abanico de tareas, como el rastreo, exploración, servicios de vigilancia y transporte de mensajes durante la batalla. Aquí estan algunos de los soldados de cuatro patas que lucharon como el mejor amigo del hombre
Jumbo el bulldog del general Joffe's, herido por un fragmento de metralla en la batalla de Arras, 1917Jumbo, General Joffe's Bulldog mascot, wounded by a piece of shrapnel during the battle of Arras, 1917
Soldados italianos con su equipo de perros durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, 1917Italian soldiers with their dog team during WWI, 1917
Victory el bulldog posando sobre un tanque en Trafalgar Square durante una campaña para vender bonos de guerra, noviembre 1917Victory the Bulldog posing on a tank in Trafalgar Square during a campaign to sell War Loan certificates, November 1917
Reporteros en el frente con tropas republicanas españolas. Ernest Hemingway (con gafas) puede verse al fondo,1937Reporters at the front line with Spanish Republican troops. Ernest Hemingway (in glasses) can be seen in the background, c. 1937
Un bulldog permanece de guardia junto a un refugio de sacos alSur de Londres, septiembre 1939
A Bulldog stands guard outside a block of flats in South London, September 1939
A member of the British Expeditionary Force with his mascot smiles form the train window having been safely evacuated back home from France, May 1940
Anti-aircraft gunners using binoculars to check for enemy aircraft watched by a dog, c. 1940
Hoy, la mascota del dragaminas HMS Bangor, siendo cojido por un miembro de la tripulacion, mayo 1941
Hoy, the dog mascot of the minesweeper HMS Bangor, being held by a member of the crew, May 1941
El teniente de vuelo Eric Stanley Lock, posa con un perro junto a su aparato, luciendo las 26 esvasticas correspondientes a los aparatos nazis derribados, julio 1941Flight Lieutenant Eric Stanley Lock, carries a dog near his aircraft featuring 26 swastikas showing his 26 Nazi kills, July 1941.
A despatch rider in a Quebec regiment gives a lift to the regimental mascot, a British bulldog, October 1941
Tropas americanas con su perro, ojeando un album de fotos durante su entrenamiento en Irlanda del Norte, marzo 1942
American troops and a pet dog, looking at a scrapbook, during training in Northern Ireland, March 1942 
Army aviation cadets meet Fala, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's dog, who accompanied his Chief on Tour of Inspection of Southeast War Establishments, Maxwell Field, Alabama, April 1943.
Un bien camuflado marine da ordenes en silencio a su perro, entrenado para la jungla, del Cuerpo de Marines en la linea de frente de la cabeza de playa en Bougainville, Islas Salomón, enero 1944.
A well camouflaged Marine is giving silent instructions to a Marine Corps jungle-trained dog on the front lines of the beachhead in Bougainville, Solomon Islands, January 1944.
Un marine charla con su perro explorador en Guam, agosto de 1944. estos perros fueron usados para rastrear soldados japoneses ocultos en cuevas o bunkers en la selva, y para llevar mensajes.A U.S. Marine chats with his scouting dog in Guam in August 1944. These dogs were used to track down Japanese soldiers hidden in caves or jungle strongholds, and for running messages.
Un veterinario venda la pata herida de Thunders, perteneciente al 38 peloton de perros, 85 division, septiembre 1946A veterinarian bandages an injured paw of Thunders of the 38th dog platoon, 85th division, September 1946
El teniente Joseph Leroy abraza la mascota de la 35 Ala de Caza, en su F-15 Mustang en Corea, enero 1951. El perro fue encontrado en Japon por hombres de la fuerza aerea que le bautizaron Admiracion.Lt. Joseph Leroy holds the mascot of the 35th fighter interceptor wing, in a F-15 Mustang in Korea, January 1951. The dog was found in Japan by some Air Force men, who named him Admiration.
Dos hombres de la Fuerza aerea y Admiracion, la mascota de su Ala, sobre el plano de un caza en enero de 1951
Two Air Force Men and Admiration, the mascot of their wing, on a wing of a fighter plane in January 1951.
U.S. paratrooper Sgt. James R. Cone, holds a puppy that nipped him as he groped about in a cave entrance on a river bank in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, July 1966
Marines norteamericanos con su mascota en Vietnam, enero 1968American marines with their pet dog in Vietnam, 1968
A soldier of the US Seventh Marines carrying a little puppy in his pocket after rescuing it during an operation southwest of Da Nang in Vietnam, January 1968
El sargento del Ejercito John Cobb, mantiene a su perro, JC, caliente dentro de su chaqueta mientras espera la llegada del buque de mando USS LaSalle, en Kuwait City, marzo 1991U.S. Army Sgt. John Cobb keeps his dog, J.C., warm inside his coat while waiting for the arrival of the U.S. command ship, the USS LaSalle, in Kuwait City, March 1991
El sargento Kevin Reese y su perro Grek esperan al abrigo de una casa, abril 2007U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Reese and his dog Grek waiting at a safe house, April 2007
A military working dog wears doggles to protect his eyes as a Chinook helicopter takes off in Afghanistan, May 2010.
