It isn’t every day one sees a horse rocking a “stache” but for Draper, a three-year-old Clydesdale and Toronto Police Horse, the upper lip, er, upper muzzle hair is all in a day’s groom. And this November, Draper’s moustache has extra meaning.

This month is also known as “Movember,” the annual fundraiser for men’s health issues such as prostate cancer, suicide prevention, and testicular cancer. A global event, the Movember movement began in 2003 has funded over 1,200 men’s health projects around the world. It’s an online movement where anyone can create a page and establish challenges for people to follow and donate to ‒ the most popular being growing a moustache.

Toronto Police Sergeant Kris McCarthy says that Draper is not the first horse to arrive with a moustache, but his is the fullest McCarthy has ever seen. “I thought Draper would be the perfect spokesperson for our Movember campaign,” he says in a video on BlogTo.

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