PONY PLANET -- As we mark the solemn milestone of one year since the beginning of the Second Great Animal War, many feel it has already ended. Ever since the Grand Army Of the United Animals pulled their support for the war in August it's effects on the domestic world have been diminishing. For many horses to whom war is their natural state, it is business as usual. "I can get gas for 30 cents now, as far as I'm concerned it ended in April," said Tom Hoover during a street interview, "I can't remember the last time I even saw anything about the war in the news."
And yet, it is ever present. Every day thousands more continue to die for a cause which is so far off, which touches the daily lives of horses so little that we can't even remember what we are fighting for. To the Whales, who only recently got back their home which was almost 30% occupied by the Moose for two months, the situation rings eerily similiar. "Yeah, I wont forget it easily. I lost my house, and mom and I watched the Capitol burn," says Britney, a mother of two, "It is one of those defining moments in your life, you know? Like there's a clear cut before and after. But that's just life." For many citizens, this tradgedy is the norm. "I can't worry about the war now, I need to find someplace to stay, I need to figure out how to pay my bills without my mother. Unless there's a Moose pointing a gun at me, I can't think about the war at all right now you know?"