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I recently–and I indicate just last month–saw a publish circulated on Facebook that originated from a Causes.com charm with the headline “Stop armed forces war pet dog Euthanasia Program” implying that the armed forces routinely euthanizes dogs at the end of their service. SO UNTRUE!! efficient November 6, 2000, hr 5314 opened the adoption path of retired armed forces working Dogs (MWDs) into the personal houses of their former K-9 handlers as well as qualified civilians. In 2010 only eight out of 2000 MWDs on task were euthanized for medical or aggression issues. about 300 retired dogs are put up for adoption each year, however the demand has spiked as well as there is normally a long waiting list. The paperwork takes rather a while. There is no adoption fee, however adopters need to pay transportation costs which can be extremely high if the pet dog has been retired in a foreign country. Both dogs as well as adopters are screened; the dogs are examined for suitability in a private home, as well as the adopter need to be a appropriate handler of a pet dog with battle experience.
This is my furrend, Retired MWD Emir with his handler from days early in his career:
Emir was trained in explosives detection as well as patrol, served 6 years in the armed forces with 4 deployments to Iraq. He even served as security to president George W. Bush. Emir is retired now as well as resides with his adoptive pawrents as well as MWD Uli, likewise a retired MWD.
The organization armed forces working pet dog Adoptions, likewise on Facebook by the exact same name, is a personal non-profit affiliated with the united states war Dogs Association, and serves a number of functions in support of networking offered MWDs, supplies help with transport, rehoming, as well as provisions for end-of-life with dignity as well as respect.
This is my furrend, Retired CWD Carlos:
Carlos retired as a contract working pet dog as well as was trained in explosives detection. He has worked in Iraq as well as Afghanistan. He established an age associated cataract as well as retired, waiting in Afghanistan up until plans might be made to bring him house as well as be adopted.
CWDs are war dogs that do the exact same tasks as MWDs except they are had by personal business doing service with the military. They are not afforded the exact same securities as the MWDs at the end of their service. The fate of the pet dog depends upon exactly how the Contractor business does business. There is effort underway to bring understanding to this disparity as well as personal private rescue groups step ahead to help in repatriating retired CWDs.
Neither MWDs or CWDs get retirement pay or retirement benefits. lots of experience from work associated injuries including PTSD needing continuous medical treatment, which their adopters pay out of pocket. There is a expense underway to reclassify MWDs as canine members of the armed forces, taking them out of the classification of equipment, transfer them to places where they are a lot more likely to be adopted–most likely to Lackland AFB where there is already an adoption program in place, as well as produce a indicates to raise funds for their medical expenses.
Both Carlos as well as Emir are currently nominated in the armed forces pet dog classification in the 2012 American Humane association Hero pet dog Awards.
I would like to say thanks to Carlos as well as Emir for providing me this pawesome chance to discover a lot more about war Dogs from them. They have provided me a number of resources for recommendation as well as I have included the links here. They are excellent patriots as well as I am honored to be in their company. say thanks to you for your service, Carlos as well as Emir, your country is grateful.
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