Kenley Lass was a war pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1945 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War.[1] Kenley Lass received the award after it was the first pigeon to deliver intelligence from an agent in enemy-occupied France in October 1940. After parachuting in with the agent, Kenley Lass was released after 12 days and made the 300 mile flight back home in less than 7 hours.

She was bred in Poynton, Cheshire[2] and owned by Donald Cole from Cirencester.[3]

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  1. ↑ Clive D. L. Wynne (2004). Do animals think?. Princeton University Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-691-11311-4.
  2. ↑ "Valiant war pigeons homing in on bravery medal". Manchester Evening News. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  3. ↑ "Gloucester Day By Day". Gloucester Citizen. Vol. 71, no. 41. British Newspaper Archive. 18 June 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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