Soldier Begging For Dog Food For Deployed Dogs

[DemoTex]

The commander of an Army Reserve detachment in Iraq is begging friends back home to send food for Iraqi police dogs.

Capt. Gabriella Cook said in e-mails that the 13 dogs at the Iraqi Police Academy in Baghdad are living on table scraps and garbage. She said some of the dogs are sick -- and there's no way to get real dog food.

Cook's unit -- the 313th Military Police Detachment, based in Las Vegas -- arrived in the Iraqi capital last month. A Nevada veterinarian estimated that each of the police dogs needs 40 pounds or more of dry food per month.

Nevada Sen. John Ensign is a veterinarian. He said he has an aide investigating. (more ...)

http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4050813/detail.html?treets=gs&tid=2655332288813&tml=gs_4pm&tmi=gs_4pm_1_03000301052005&ts=H



Absolutely nothing is going right in Bu$h's war. Everything Bu$h touches turns to crap.

[MADem]

1. Scraps?? Screw that--feed them MREs!!!!!!

They're quite nutritious, and edible. Sometimes you just have to take the manual and wipe your ass with it....!

[BrklynLiberal]

25. delete

[saigon68]

39. There are BLOATED CORPSES for them to "FEED" on (graphic)

IT IS FIT FOR ANIMALS HUNGRY DOGS DEVOUR CORPSES





A Dog Lunching on a The Head of an Iraqi Corpse





Burnt bodies, the legs of which, were devoured by Dogs.

What a Feast in Fallujah

[neweurope]

44. You beat me to it. They're certainly not running out of corpses.

-----------------

Remember Fallujah!

Bush to The Hague

[Mistress Quickly]

2. Why are they training the dogs

if they can't even feed them? Is the pic one of the Iraqi's dogs, or one of ours? Did we send the dogs over, or get them there?

Donation plug from the story:


...snip

Ruiz said several companies have donated food and that with the money, the non-profit Humane Society will be able to buy more dog food at a discounted rate and will also pay for shipping to Iraq.

"All funds will go directly for the animals," Ruiz said.

The Humane Society is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization. So your donation will be tax deductible.

Send donations to:

Las Vegas Valley Humane Society
Funds For Dogs In Iraq
2250 E. Tropicana
Suite 19
Las Vegas, NV
89119

Make checks payable to the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society. Please indicate in a letter or on the check that you want your donation to go to the dogs in Iraq.

end snip...

[ExclamationPoint]

3. Now that's unjust

Those dogs did not choose to join the army! How dare * starve them! Call baypath, call PETA, something else is unfair!

[Skittles]

4. Demo, I've got a check already in the envelope and stamped

will mail it right now

[DemoTex]

6. Arf!

Good show, Skitt!

[Skittles]

7. check you out Mac, you're a fund raiser for helpless animals

ticket straight to heaven

[aikido15]

48. As a dog groomer and owner of 5 dogs,

this makes me sick!!!!!!!!!

I'm poor, and I manage to take good care of my animals but the Army can't take care of theirs?!?!?!?!? Are you fucking kidding me?

Everyone who started this war needs to be :nuke:

[Cooley Hurd]

41. Me too...

I just donated $50 - you can donate online (via PayPal): http://www.lvvhumane.org/donations.html

Thanks for the info, Mac!:thumbsup:

[Earth_First]

5. Poor dogs/Iraqis...

What would you wager to bet they use these dogs for intimidation puropses?

[Skittles]

10. these dogs usually are trained for bomb sniffing and such

alas, it would appear to be Americans using them for other purposes :(

[jdj]

36. it's amazing to me they would let them starve considering how

many thousands of dollars it take to train them.

Amazing.

[leftchick]

13. only reason they are there...

bush* misuses all elements of the Military. Poor things. :(

[saigon68]

40. DOGS used to BITE THE TESTICLES of POWs (graphic)

Dogs are used to abuse and attack naked men and bite their Testicles








These dogs are teaching the Iraqi man to bow before his master

[HamdenRice]

delete dupe

[HamdenRice]

49. So Abu Graib was not a scandal after all ...

the dogs were just very, very hungry?@?

Oh, God, that's awful of me isn't it?

[lebkuchen]

8. I thought they were feeding off dead Fallujans

:shrug:

[Massachusetts]

11. Yikes.....Roll Over.

[leftchick]

12. Sadly, that was my first thought as well...

bushco* made a whole city's worth of dog food... :puke:

[rzemanfl]

15. Me too...

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger.

[UndergroundLight4]

23. That was foul! But I get the reference!

Those dogs eating the Fallujans are gross. The army ought not allow those dogs to chew the dead people like that.

[sherilocks]

9. I just emailed Purina

and asked them to help. Unbelievable that these dogs have to suffer like this. Rumsfeld should be force fed monkey chow for the rest of his life for his lack of planning for any part of his war.

[napi21]

14. Great idea emailing Purina. We should also contact all the other makers.

Iams, eukanuba, Alpo, Science Diet, Nutro, etc. Another source is Petsmart and Petco. Both companies brang about their support of the humane society and love and health of all animals.

I too am sending a check but the idea that we even have to do this is unimaginable! It's another clue that Rummy and his boys don't care about the people or animals fighting this war.

[Lorien]

16. Most of those companies are repug owned

Iams and Eukanuba have a terrible track record when it comes to abusing animals (one DUers has a link in their sig line). Maybe this is a time for smaller, bluer companies to help out and gain some limelight? There's quite a few listed on these sites:
www.waggintails.com
www.pookiesbowwowbakery.com

One company I know of off hand is the holistic brand Artemis www.artemiscompany.com . I think it would be worth contacting them. The Blue Buffalo pet food company also does some outreach programs.

[smbolisnch]

Yes www.iamscruelty.com

Such a sad, sad situation. I am surprised that we don't have to send the soldiers food too. Such an enormous clusterfuck all around. :mad:

[Massachusetts]

17. Wheres Rin Tin Tin when you need him?

Woof, Woof.:silly:

[RebelOne]

18. I'm posting this to all my animal rescue groups.

They will also cross-post to other rescue groups and, believe me, there will be an outcry and a lot of donations.

[NuttyFluffers]

19. i guess sociopaths aren't satisfied unless they are torturing animals too

i guess now * and company can go to sleep better now knowing their contracts to halliburton et al helps make animals suffer too. probably having dreams of vivisecting puppies and kittens, just like the sick bastard frist.

[dobegrrrl]

20. No Iams

They test on animals - but if the poor dogs are starving.... I will have to tell my spoiled rotten furkids about this.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

26. Iams cruelty-- link

You're right, they do test on animals but you have to actually see it to believe what they actually do to these poor guys.

http://www.iamscruelty.com/

also see video:

http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-video.asp

[RamboLiberal]

33. Did IAMS clean up their act? ASPCA statement

On October 7, 2004, Iams announced an unprecedented decision to move nutritional studies from external contract facilities and universities into three locations: 1) pet owners' homes; 2) Iams Pet Health and Nutritional Centers; and 3) organizations where dogs and cats are already living, such as shelters. This will ensure that dogs and cats are treated humanely during nutritional studies, and it is welcome news from a leader in the pet food industry.

The relationship between Iams and the ASPCA has resulted in many other significant improvements in animal care:

Dr. Steven Hansen, Senior Vice President of the ASPCA Midwest Office, is a member of the Iams International Animal Care Advisory Board. As a member of the Board, Dr. Hansen has unlimited access to the research protocols and programs that the Iams Research and Development Department is undertaking. This type of access is unprecedented.

Beginning in the Spring of 2003, the ASPCA began participating in site visits to external facilities where Iams was conducting nutritional studies. Reports on these visits have led Iams to make changes in the housing, care and enrichment of animals involved in Iams' program.

Dr. Hansen and a broader ASPCA team continue to conduct unannounced external visits to locations where Iams is conducting nutritional studies. Reports on visits are posted on the ASPCA website, www.aspca.org, so that the public has complete access to the results and can learn about the care of dogs and cats at these research facilities. Iams is addressing the team's recommendations.

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iamsstatement

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

38. I read the link. Iams is "phasing out" the laboratory testing but

the ASPCA states in its conclusion that there's much more yet to be done but they are happy that Iams seems to be interested in changing.

It's hard for me to accept this company's life-long policy for lab testing even if they claim to be currently in the "process" of changing.
What kind of cold hearted sadistic knuckle draggers could establish this horrible abuse as "normal procedure" in the first place?
Do I want to give them any of my money?
No way.
Not as long as there are other products available from companies who have ALWAYS repected the feelings of dogs and cats.

Even if they changed their ways immediately (which they're not) I'd still have a hard time buying their products without remembering what they've done.

This ASPCA effort has definitely shown that corporations CAN sometimes be swayed by public opinion.

Now that we see pressure can have an effect, let's pressure the corporate media to get them to show both sides of all issues especially on the evening news!

[BeHereNow]

21. They have served their purpose, to hell with them now...

They can't use them to torture "detainees" anymore;
they got caught doing that.
Given that they are not taking care of the soldiers
they have used up, did you really think they would
actually care about dogs that they can no longer use?
The Pentagon uses soldiers to test chemicals for the
Pharma Cartel, exposes them to depleted uranium
and they are actually expected to care about dogs?
Not likely. Just ask the human victims of the corporate elite.
In sarcasm, of course.
BHN

[pdxmom]

24. They consider the dogs "equipment"

If the soldiers are having to scavenge for parts and armor, then I'm not surprised they're making the dogs do so, as well.

Historically, our "war dogs" have been treated poorly.

[Lorien]

27. Yes, I seem to remember a story

after WWII dogs that had served in the military were thrown overboard off Navy ships into the open sea. Soldiers wept openly at the loss of their canine comrades, but there was nothing they could do; those were the orders. :-(

[BrklynLiberal]

30. Really??? OMIGOD!!!!

[Lorien]

31. Someone posted that story with a link

on a thread about aa Army unit in Iraq that had adopted and raised a puppy, only to have the military brass drag the animal out in front of the troops one day and shoot it. There's strict rules about adopting such "mascots" in the military. Still, it's extremely disturbing; cruel to the animal and to the troops, whose moral suffers anyway.Our military has a dismal record where animals are concerned.

[jdj]

35. on a happier note, a soldier in Iraq adopted a puppy

and it was shipped home to his family in Texas (I think that's the right state, it was on one of the Animal Cops shows). Ironically, the dog got flown home before he did, however, because his service was "extended" 6 more months. This was a really good show, he had five kids and they loved the puppy. It was really interesting because they did not isolate the dog, and I thought that dogs had to be quarantined when they cross borders for 6 months. Maybe this rule has changed.

[sherilocks]

42. The only quarantine for six months is in the UK

and I think they have relaxed the rule a little. The quarantine is for rabies. I freely transported my dogs to the US with a health certificate. But bringing them into the UK was a heartache that I wouldn't put another dog through, ever.

[RamboLiberal]

34. Book Always Faithful : A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII

tells how one Marine Captain in charge of a war dog unit fought the brass to save the Marine war dogs after he found out they were being killed.

After the war, Putney returned home only to discover that the dogs he had served with were being put to sleep. These dogs were ex-household pets, recruited from civilians with the promise that they would someday be returned. Outraged, Putney fought for the dogs' right to go home. He won, and headed the overwhelmingly successful program to "detrain" the dogs so they could return to their families. Alas, quickly learned, the lesson was quickly forgotten. The dogs of Korea and Vietnam did not come home. Then, in the final days of his administration, President Clinton signed into law a bill that allows military handlers to bring home the dogs with which they work. Once again, Putney was at the front of the charge.

Sadly the stupid military continued the stupid policy of killing the dogs in Vietnam instead of bringing them home.

[auburngrad82]

46. It's a great book.

Another one is A Soldier's Best Friend: Scout Dogs and Their Handlers in the Vietnam War by John Burnham. He points out that the dogs in Vietnam were either abandoned or killed since the US govt didn't want to bother bringing them home. Many of the dogs were heroes that saved American lives yet they were abandoned.

[BrklynLiberal]

29. I thought they were treated like heroes in WWII and the misuse started

with Viet Nam

[BiggJawn]

22. Dogs won't eat Halliburton's $35 cold Beans n' Weenies lunches either.

Another exaple of Rumsferatu's "Dirty Deeds Done CHEAP" logistics support.

Let the dogs forage...

[BrklynLiberal]

28. Thank you for posting this. I have forwarded the article to every

all animal loving friends and every rescue organization I know of...

[Booster]

32. Me too. I have a friend who is very much into dog shows and

knows lots of people in the breeding business. I also sent a check to Las Vegas. Guess Bush forgot these little guys in his war budget. Commander in Chief, my ass.

[quiet.american]

37. Where the hell are the BILLIONS of dollars going!

Where is the money, billions of dollars worth, that have been appropriated for Bush's Folly?

Some goon was chasing Conyers down about turkeys, I want to know from Bush, WHERE IS THE MONEY!!!

[sherilocks]

43. More info on inept military planning

http://www.local6.com/news/4050736/detail.html?sidebar=ots

<snip>

While military dogs have goggles to protect their eyes from Iraqi sand, handlers say their dogs are dangerously short of a basic necessity.

<snip>

You mean like food?

[Catchawave]

45. Sounds like animal abuse to me....

...is there nothing this administration doesn't torture?

I wonder if Keith Olbermann would do this story? I'm going to send him the link to the news article, what the heck :)

[ally_sc]

47. call all these dog food companies, starting with purina

and get these dogs some damn food...

no nothing is going right in bush's war but we can't let these dogs starve. i can not believe that provisions were not made for these poor animals..it pisses me off.

and another thing that's got me mad as hell this am...my dog's are on a hunger strike because i changed their food...they don't realize these poor dogs in iraq would like to have their food. and i ain't putting in table scraps in to entice them. they will have to come around to the fact that it will be what they are eating for awhile.,..oh i am on a rant now...

please guys remember to wear black today...

[Lorien]

53. ONE MORE TIME: PURINA = GOP

if you knew what REALLY goes into Purina foods, you would NEVER feed it to your own pets.

Go to www.waggintails.com for DOZENS of smaller, bluer (and thus more likely to contribute) companies.

[Autobot77]

50. My father works for a dog food company,

I'm going to try to send a care package.

[Booster]

51. Good for you, Autobot77. Also, please ask you father if he can

get his company to join in and help. After all, these are soldiers too, doing there job and all they want is something to eat. Jesus, Bush, can't you do anything right?

[complain jane]

52. This, and animal rights activists now deemed as terrorists.

Bushland has it's head up it's ass.

[dryan]

54. The photo....

of the dog eating the corpse is disgusting. My question is this--is this an Iraqi dog that was let loose because of the battle? By the way, I sent a check.

[Casey73]

55. Are these dogs that...

were in Iraq already and are being trained by the Iraqi army or were these brought over by the Americans?