AR-News: (US NJ) Operation Iraqi freedom goes to dogs: Vets help U.S. GIs bring pets home

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

DAVE SOMMERS , Staff Writer 04/12/2004



In back alleyways and streets of towns across Iraq, U.S. service personnel 
must constantly be wary of insurgents who aim to kill and maim. 

But in the midst of the bloodshed and peril, are a variety of lovable stray 
dogs, many of which have been "adopted" by American GI’s who want to bring 
their new-found pets home but can’t, due to costs and red tape.

 
Enter the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association, a group which recently 
launched a free program by which New Jersey National Guard members who bring 
back a scraggly pooch from Iraq can get their new pet examined for free.

"I was intrigued recently to read that some members of our armed forces .... 
are adopting local stray dogs that are ... very common in (Iraq)" said NJVMA 
President Clifford J. Sporn.

As a result, the NJVMA offered to help military personnel get their "mascots" 
checked out medically once in the United States.





full story:

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11292594&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44
551&rfi=6 
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