"Pozdravleniya, Comrade," the interviewing officer smiled, "the War against the Imperialists needs you as does Sevastopol, so for now we will say our goodbyes, unless you have any further questions?"

Well animals were fighting and dying in a war since ancient times.

Pigs covered in tar and set on fire were the first dedicated anti-elephant weapons ever recorded.

Anti-tank dogs were a thing, but with very questionable results (so mostly they were just sniffing out mines and guarding something, but they would still die in service and still do yo this day).

And horses have unforgivably few monuments. I can only remember the royal steed Strafe who saved his king from certain death (given the stallion’s name, I wonder how he did that).