A monument on Park Lane honours the animals who served and died. But for every sculpted horse, there are millions of unmarked graves that force a deeper question: can a morality built for humans ever do justice to the casualties of another species?
A combat dog is equipment, a dolphin a weapons system, and a zoo animal collateral damage. International humanitarian law was written for humans, and its silence on the sentient victims of war is becoming deafening.
Mine-detecting rats, remote-controlled beetles, and sentinel poultry: the new front line in bio-hybrid warfare is cheap, self-guiding, and ethically uncharted
Why, in an age of artificial intelligence and hypersonic missiles, the world's most sophisticated armed forces still go to war with dogs, dolphins, and donkeys