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That's quite a story. Good thing it wasn't a Chinese camp with a wet market, just saying.

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I immediately thought of the James Clavell novel (and movie) "King Rat". A fictional story based on Clavell's own POW experience. "King Rat" is set at Changi POW camp in Singapore in WW2. Where the Changi airport now is. In the movie, maybe the novel?, one POW has a lovely dog which he much cares for. The dog oneday kills a also much loved chicken of another POW who accuses the dog of "murder". The dog is killed. The "King" obtains the dog carcase and they cook it in a cell of the old prison to eat. They much enjoy it. The "King Rat" comes from their plan to breed rats and sell them to officers as "mouse deer". When the camp is liberated the rats in their cage fight and eat other until only one old male King Rat is left. It is an analogy of some of the story of the book and how men can act when faced with desperation and tough choices of survival.

I am glad this lovely pointer survived and was loved by its POW pack. And from the sounds of it added to their lives and survival spirits. No doubt some would have wanted to eat it. I would like to see that monument. I wonder if it is online somewhere?


If anyone has not read James Clavell's "King Rat" it is worth reading. And also the movie is quite good and worth watching as well. I visited the museum of Changi POW camp when in Singapore. Man can be very evil to other men.

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John aka NitroX

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