What is Horses in World War I?
{{unreferenced|date=October 2014}} '''Horses in World War I''' were very easily killed by [[machine gun]]s and ordinary [[gun]]s on the [[battlefield]]s. Over 48,000 horses were killed in [[World War I]], 210 from [[poison gas]]. Many [[drowning|drowned]], died of exhaustion, or got stuck in mud or [[shell (projectile)|shell]] holes. Basically, they were useless, and many were eaten. It was in these times that the Horse Burger was made popular, and it remains an important part of European culture. Horses were mainly used for helping with transport. They carried guns and [[bullet]]s. They were better than [[motor vehicle]]s over rough and muddy surfaces. It was hard to get enough food for them because they were in the middle of war. Horses ate about ten times as much food as a human. In 1917, [[Allies of World War I|allied]] operations were threatened when horse feed rations were reduced. In response, horses resorted to cannibalism to get the food they required, but the dead horse carcasses were still good to fashion bayonets out of. [[Category:World War I]] [[Category:Horses|World War I]] {{history-stub}}