...Please continue to share. We have surpassed 10,000 signatures thanks to you, our supporters. We are extremely grateful. Let us also remember the horses (and other animals) lost not only to the trade enabled by Atlas Air, but to those lost in war times. The poppy symbol made famous by Dr. John McCrae's poem “In Flanders Fields” was written as he sat on the step of a horse drawn ambulance wagon after performing a burial service for his good friend and former student, Alexis Helmer. Helmer died the previous day during the Second Battle of Ypres. Dr. McCrae, Canadian soldier and surgeon, evokes strong emotion from those words penned on the battlefield while honouring his fallen friend. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch, be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields