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The noble tradition of military goats

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« on: 12 November 2011, 00:00:19 »
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The noble tradition of military goats

The use of animals in military ceremony and warfare has always interested me. On a trip to Cardiff (Wales) in 2010 I encountered the stuffed Qatar goat Billy of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. It turns out that all the Royal Welch* Fusilier goats are called William of Windsor (Billy for short). They have a ration of cigarettes and Guinness (the goats eat, rather than smoke, the cigarettes), can move ...

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« Reply #1 on: 13 November 2011, 17:54:46 »
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Here in Spain, the goat is the mascot of the Legion, the current one "Tizona" (not sure, could be "Rudolf" as well) bearing the rank of Sergeant.

Here you see her (45 secs into the vid) in a desfile of the legion 2008 in its traditional 160 steps/min parade step.

LA LEGION ESPAÑOLA - SPANISH LEGION PARADE MADRID 2008


And here in a more private surrounding outside of the desfilee:

Algunas Travesuras de la cabra de la Legión de Melilla en el Domingo de Ramos del 2010 Melilla.wmv


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« Reply #2 on: 27 November 2014, 15:17:10 »
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In Holland to we have a goat as a mascotte.
In this case with the regiment Stoottroepen.
The animal is named Kees.

See link here: keesdebok/
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