Murphy
We are heartbroken to tell you that Murphy passed peacefully over rainbow bridge on 2nd September 2024. Murphy, our beautiful boy, without whom neither our Army nor our Purple Poppy Campaign would exist. We have so much to be grateful to him for and we know that his legend will live on.
The Journey
.Murphy, a Siberian husky, went missing, believed stolen, in December 2014. His family were devastated and launched a social media campaign to help find him. The animal loving community took Murphy and his family to heart and in a very short space of time his plight was known not only across the UK, but worldwide.
Thankfully Murphy was returned to his family some three months later, but the campaign did not stop there.
Our team, drawn together by Murphy’s absence, pledged to continue their efforts and so Murphy’s Army was born.
Over the past ten years we have helped reunite many missing pets with their owners, raised much needed awareness of the increase in pet theft and helped many more pets in need. We hope we have done our very best to help wherever and however possible.
But, with many more wonderful organisations now actively involved in the search for lost or stolen pets we believe the time is right to step down from our quest and to focus our efforts on our Purple Poppy Campaign.
Murphy's Army Purple Poppy Campaign
The aim of our campaign is to raise awareness of the significance of the purple poppy as a symbol of remembrance for animals and to raise funds to help former service animals in their retirement.
We are proud to have raised nearly £200,000 since our launch in 2016 which has helped across all Services including Police, Fire, Prison, Military, Border Force, Search and Rescue, and more.
We cannot thank you enough for the support you have given over the years. Nothing could have been achieved without this, nor without the remarkable efforts of a very small but dedicated team.
And of course a warm welcome will be waiting for you on our Purple Poppy Campaign website - we hope to see you there!