Deployed Dogs Need Food
Soldier Begging For Dog Food For Deployed Dogs
The commander of an Army Reserve detachment is begging friends back home to send food for Iraqi police dogs.
“The dogs are starving and urgently need dry dog food,” Capt. Gabriella Cook, commander of the Las Vegas-based 313th Military Police Detachment.
“Some of them have already died,” Cook wrote. “Half of them are sick. We have no way of buying actual dog food here.”
Cook’s unit arrived last month in the Iraq capital. She said 12 German shepherds and one black Labrador retriever trained for bomb-detection and attack at the Iraqi Police Academy in Baghdad have been eating table scraps and garbage.
It costs over fifty dollars to ship thirty pounds of dog food – - which is why the question of why can’t a pallet of dog food be put on a C-130? Apparently Pets Mart is thinking the same way as they have donated a pallet of dog food and PetCo is expected to do the same.
If you’d like to help you can send donations to:
Las Vegas Valley Humane Society
Funds For Dogs In Iraq
2250 E. Tropicana
Suite 19
Las Vegas, NV 89119
January 8, 2005 - 05:42 PM on January 8th, 2005
Come on you “Stingy Americans”, get off your asses, buy some Alpo and send it over there right away before PETA steps in and crucifies our military for neglecting the poor animals. Now we wouldn’t want to piss all of the animal rights activists off, now would we……
Actually, in all seriousness, this article is interesting because I had never really thought of a shortage of food for the animals over their but now it makes sense. Looks like the Iraqis are going to have to allocate that exspense in their budget but Pet Stores across the country should start considering some kind of canned dog food drive to send over there while things are just getting started to help give a head start.
January 8, 2005 - 08:13 PM on January 8th, 2005
Just wait those kooks at PETA will be out in drove calling a press confrence and geting the usial hollywood goofballs to adapt these animals we know just how far out in weirdville PETA is and just how far they can go with the silly acts what will they be doing?:razz:
January 8, 2005 - 08:18 PM on January 8th, 2005
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what?