Facing certain death, dogs from Afghanistan find new homes in the U.S. and Canada
Posted: January 7, 2012 Filed under: Military stories 73 Comments »
These stray dogs who befriended soldiers in war-torn Afghanistan have been flown thousands of miles to start a new life. The pooches were reunited with the servicemen and women with whom they bonded so closely while on duty.
Animal-loving US soldiers regularly make best friends with loyal Afghan dogs, who are invaluable companions on the front line and provide relief after days of brave and exhausting fire fights. British charity NOWZAD Dogs, which was started by former British Royal Marine Pen Farthing, who served in Afghanistan, masterminded the huge operation to relocate the animals.
American Airlines flew the dogs from the Middle East to JFK Airport, New York, where emotional reunions took place. The soldiers travelled from their home towns across America to greet the dogs off the plane before taking them home. The charity American Dog Rescue and skincare firm PRAI Beauty, which has donated over £30,000 towards helping NOWZAD Dogs transport strays, were also part of the operation.
ANIMALS provide comfort to our Warriors especially when they are far from home, under fire and spending many months away from home…The stray dogs & cats are pretty much verboten but like many other things, military personnel find a way to keep the fuzzy friends under wraps. U.S. Soldiers and Marines are smuggling them onto bases across the country. The military leadership seems to turn a blind eye, though regulations specifically prohibit them.
They go by names like Smoke, Bacon, Mickey Blue Eyes and Butterscotch, and they can be coerced with as little as a pat on the head, a scratch behind the ears or a tasty treat. They are the stray dogs and cats of Afghanistan who, at many — if not most — U.S. bases here are adopted by Soldiers and Marines individually, by squad or platoon, and spoiled as much as any mutts or felines in suburban America.
While no one will say so officially, it appears commanders recognize the value that pet dogs and cats bring to the morale of a base, so they look the other way as long as the animals do not interfere with the mission or present health concerns.
CANADA: Alberta teacher rescues 7 stray dogs from Afghanistan. “I cannot begin to tell you the abuse that I saw the mother dog endure,” he said.
CTV.CA (H/T Traduction) When Spencer Sekyer stumbled upon a stray dog and her new brood in war-torn Afghanistan 18 months ago, he couldn’t walk away. The puppies were huddled in the gutter and their mother appeared to have been abused. But they quickly warmed up to Sekyer, an Alberta junior high school teacher who spends his summers teaching in conflict zones around the world.
Sekyer was hooked. He began feeding the canine family and playing with the pups, but soon realized he wanted to do more. One-and-a-half years later, seven of the now-grown pups arrived in Calgary, thanks to Sekyer’s efforts to arrange their new lives in Canada.
After a long flight from Kabul via Frankfurt, Germany, Sekyer and the dogs were reunited Friday at the Calgary International Airport. ”It’s the right thing to do,” Sekyer told CTV Calgary. ”I think you’d have to have a heart of stone just to walk by,” he said of his first encounter with the puppies.
Rescuing the dogs and bringing them to Canada wasn’t an easy task. Before he left Afghanistan, Sekyer first had to find a shelter for them. On his return home, he had to raise the money ($4,000 per dog) to fly them halfway around the world. Sekyer and his wife even climbed Mount Kilimanjaro as part of their fundraising efforts. Air Canada also helped by waiving their $28,000 fee to fly the animals to Canada.
Once the dogs cleared customs in Calgary on Friday, they were let out of their cages for an emotional reunion with Sekyer. The dogs wagged their tails and some of them whimpered as Sekyer petted them for the first time since that summer in 2010.
Each dog will be checked out by a veterinarian, spayed and microchipped before joining a new family in Canada. ”It’s been a crazy ride but it’s all worth it,” Sekyer said.
Dogs are like Angels in Fur Coats.
Bless you, Heavenly Father, for this compassion and mercy you have bestowed upon our precious Soldiers! Please bless bountifully each and every hand involved in this!
What a great thing to read!
Being a pet lover, this absolutely warms my heart! Thank God for these military personnel bringing these dogs to America!
at last a good news story. i look at your blog every morning and go to work feeling depressed and angry. after seeing a video of a dog being hurled of a building to its death by a peace loving muslim i was very pissed of. this latest story has brightend up my day,thankyou.
mad-aussie, I try as hard as I can to find feel good stories. Sadly, they are few and far between.
Crying shame. We treat dogs better than the koranimals treat their women…I meant to say chattel.
Moslems have an ABSURD and SUPERSTITIOUS hatred of dogs thanks to Mohammed.
The reason dogs are brought back is because the AFGHAN Mozzies will abuse or kill them.
Mozzies think killing dogs is holy behavior because Mohammed did it.
Mohammed was mentally ill. Dogs are wonderful, loving and kind to humans and studies show they improve the health of their owners.
Americans were greatly turned off Islam by the episode were Islamic DOG PHOBIA was revealed.
Mozzies, Islam is absurd…face it.
I love feel-good stories such as this.
The Canadian Sekyer said it all when stating ”I think you’d have to have a heart of stone just to walk by”. This is what many muslims have: hearts of stone.
Its a start….and not taking anything away from these men and women as every act of charity and mercy is greatly appreciated by the recipient, two or four legged.
But I would like to see dozens and hundreds of girls and women brought to Canada and the USA from these countries. Girls and women who have suffered horrific and tortuous disfigurement, years of brutal slavery at the hands of their brothers, fathers, husbands and in-laws. (See the August 9, 2010 cover of Time Magazine…her name is Bibi Aisha and she is now living in the United States)
Once they have arrived and been nursed back to health, educated and rehabilitated they would make the very best of citizens, enthusiastically grateful for the benefits of life in Western democracy.
Their tormentors can be left behind where they can kill, molest, maim and torture each other in accordance with the edicts of that poisonous psychopathic pedophile, muhammad.
Regards, Don Laird
Edson, Alberta, Canada
There was a segment on “Must love cats” on Animal Planet about animal rescues in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A spokesperson for Operation Baghdad Pups admitted that the military brass really was turning a blind eye to their rescue operations thus making so many rescues possible.
Thank goodness for all the rescue efforts. musloids treat each other atrociously. Imagine how cruel and inhuman they are towards animals. Especially dogs who have a sixth sense about who’s not going to hurt them and who’s a psycho in sheep’s clothing.
I agree good stories are hard to find and each and everyone is vital. I was so sickened by that poor dog thrown off of a building by hoodlums i was speechless. the ereal sad thing was that the survived the fall. you could hear it screaming in pain. these things that claim to be human and members of the religion of peace are a disgrace to mankind. i will never understand people who abuse animals or other people in the name of a god is far beyond my comprehension and compassion.
Thumbs up!
FANTASTIC!!!! This is so moving and lovely!!!! Truly, dogs are little angels who know who’s truly good as opposed to who’s really EVIL (the throat-slitters!!!); furthermore, they’re so loyal to you and really love you with all their hearts!!! Truly, God MUST Have Had a very special love for them!!!
May Our Heavenly Father Be Praised for Helping these people bring these wonderful animals to the West – notably in this story to the USA and Canada!!! It’s a pity that the mother of that litter of 7 puppies apparently didn’t make it to Calgary – and kudos to Air Canada for waiving their shockingly-high $4,000.00 fee for transporting them here. [If animal ticket-prices are that high, that means that regular plane-tickets for humans even in economy (Third-class, given that Business nowadays has become Second-Class!) must be even higher - no wonder that people prefer to go charter when possible (but then you often get bad service!).]
These people may even be potentially credited for helping to save certain breeds (e.g., Afghan Hounds) that otherwise could go extinct as far as the Muzzies are concerned!! HOWEVER, HERE’S ALSO HOPING that people will be that much more moved to go to animal shelters here (even in your local small-town) and adopt the hordes of dogs (in addition to cats and other beautiful and caring creatures!!) that regularly have to be destroyed because nobody comes for them – here too we Jews and Christians need to remember that since dogs are potentially God’s little angels, we need to WELCOME and LOVE those who’re already here too, locally born and bred!!!!
Either way, it’s wonderful to not only have a positive story: it’s also the best way – with true LOVE of the Christians and the Jews which Muslims generally lack – to answer that IDOL “Allah” and his Antichrist Mohammed!!!! Let’s be moved to share this love all the more!!!
Ya, sure – nice publicity piece that only tells one side of Spencer’s story.
The other side is this is actually a very selfish act. He fell in love with dogs on the other side of the world and just had to “bring them home.”
What a waste of time and energy. He climbed a mountain to raise money to ship them half way around the world? Sad.
Why am I angry?
Because hundreds of THOUSANDS of dogs are KILLED HERE in North America because they are unwanted. Dogs EXACTLY like those dogs.
If Spencer REALLY wanted to do something good for dogs – he would not go climb a mountain – he would volunteer to take care of the MANY dogs in his own community that are languishing in shelters that are going to be put to death soon.
There are ALREADY WAY TOO MANY unwanted dogs dying in Canada EVERY DAY because they don’t have homes – and this selfish guy now has to FIND HOMES for 6 of the 7 dogs he spent big money to ship half-way around the world.
There are a limited number of homes that can be found for the dogs that are ALREADY FILLING the shelters.
And the result of Spencer bringing MORE dogs here – is 6 dogs already in shelters are going to die because people who could save a shelter dog will fill their homes with one of Spencer’s dogs.
And I haven’t even mentioned the danger of bringing deadly diseases to Canada that could be carried by these dogs. Giving them vaccinations REDUCES the risk – but it doesn’t ELIMINATE IT.
Dogs in Canada have NO IMMUNITY to unkown strains of canine diseases imported from the “third world.”
This is how epidemics spread.
Ken, thanks for ruining one of the very few feel good stories we ever see here.
As to Mr. Don Laird: I fully understand your feelings and sympathise with them. HOWEVER, it’s positively VITAL that those who come here be very carefully screened as renouncing Islâm – and publicly so!!! Those who can’t do so don’t deserve to come here, EVER!!!!
Furthermore, let’s not forget that enough boys and men get hurt in the same ways, especially if they convert out of Islâm to Christianity: THESE ones should also be given a chance!!!
Lastly: for everybody who visits this Weblog and accuses us of bigotry, know that we’re NOT bigots but people who have the BEST POSSIBLE REASONS to hate Islâm and the EVIL it does to both its adherents AND its victims!!!! Whoever blindly attacks us merely because we’re so severe against that ideology himself becomes a bigot!!
The Bibles that Obama ordered to be burned, are the very reason for the love and compassion that is in those who follow the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. YHWH Bless those who have faith in Him, the Jews, Messianics, the Bible Believing Christians and those who truly value lives. Pity we couldnt rescue their women and children.
Muslims kill dogs; ban dogs.
Chinese eat dogs.
U.S. soldiers take care of dogs.
lmao….I know right and they call us the devils.
Lovely post, BNI. Thanks for this.
There is no doubt in my mind, I could not leave a dog behind in that hell hole. If a dog alerted me, therefore saving my life, I don’t think there would be any price I wouldn’t pay to get him back home. And treat him like an honored guest all the days of his life.
It is so sad that Muslims in general don’t recognize the value of a good dog. A dog is a loyal friend and companion, a good furry buddy. Although it has been many years since I had my dog, I still have fond memories of him.
If a suicide bomber blows up a pig and gets pig blood on his corpse pieces, does he still get his virgins?
I was touched by this story. I really was. The soldiers in the photos were so happy to have thier dogs and the dogs even looked happy.
Thanks for a feel-good story tonight!
From the stable to the stars..
Heartwarming cinderella story
No wonder CAIR wants to break American Airlines. Bet they laughed all the way to the bank. Low-life slugs – need a little salt sprinkled on them. Real slugs actually have a purpose in life.
Nothing more to add to all the comments above – except that I had tears in my eyes throughout! What’s NOT to love about dogs who bond with their human friend and offer nothing but unconditional love? Even cats – in their own weird way (just kidding, cat lovers!) – bond with their human (even if a BIG motivating factor is “cupboard love!”). What a wonderful story about our canine (and feline!) “heros” in Afghan!
These pups will finally get all the love they want and deserve. May many more be saved.
Why Islam Forbids Dogs as Pets:
“Angels” are afraid of dogs – according to Islamic theology:
“A’isha reported that Gabriel (peace be upon him) made a promise with Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) to come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not visit him. And there was in his hand (in the hand of Allah’s Apostle) a staff. He threw it from his hand and said: Never has Allah or His messengers (angels) ever broken their promise. Then he cast a glance (and by chance) found a puppy under his cot and said: ‘A’isha, when did this dog enter here? She said: By Allah, I don’t know He then commanded and it was turned out. Then Gabriel came and Allah’s Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said to him: You promised me and I waited for you but you did not come, whereupon he said: It was the dog in your house which prevented me (to come), for we (angels) do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.”
(Sahih Muslim, Book 024, Number 5246:
And:
“Then on that very morning he commanded the killing of the dogs until he announced that the dog kept for the orchards should also be killed, but he spared the dog meant for the protection of extensive fields (or big gardens).”
(Sahih Muslim, Book 024, Number 5248)
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Islam is the most violent religion of ALL TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. yOU REALLY HAVE TO BE STUPID TO PRACTICE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God hates those who abuse those who cannot help themselves…Children, the poor and animals. To abuse a dog is to be one of satans minions. My beloved pet of 14 years died in 2010. When I was bed ridden for 2 years she never ever left my side.
God bless this soldier for what he has done!
At our “holiday party” this year the muslim couple we were seated beside were so obnoxious that, to their dismay, I advised them that by sitting beside me their “wudu” was all messed up because my new angel, a yellow lab, had rubbed up against me before we left and I pretty much had a yellow dog fur patina on my legs!!! They visibly moved away from me.
Can’t love a dog? Can’t love anything. Hurt my dog and I will hurt you back.
God bless people like this soldier!
I post this in the beloved memory of my deceased canine friend!
Muslims believe they will lose rewards in paradise if they own a dog and also believe that “angels” are afraid of dogs. Muhammad ordered killing of dogs according to Islamic teachings:
“Allah’s Apostle said, “If somebody keeps a dog, he loses one Qirat (of the reward) of his good deeds everyday, except if he keeps it for the purpose of agriculture or for the protection of livestock. ” (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 541)
“Angels” are afraid of dogs – according to Islamic theology:
“A’isha reported that Gabriel (peace be upon him) made a promise with Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) to come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not visit him. And there was in his hand (in the hand of Allah’s Apostle) a staff. He threw it from his hand and said: Never has Allah or His messengers (angels) ever broken their promise. Then he cast a glance (and by chance) found a puppy under his cot and said: ‘A’isha, when did this dog enter here? She said: By Allah, I don’t know He then commanded and it was turned out. Then Gabriel came and Allah’s Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said to him: You promised me and I waited for you but you did not come, whereupon he said: It was the dog in your house which prevented me (to come), for we (angels) do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.”
(Sahih Muslim, Book 024, Number 5246:
And:
“Then on that very morning he commanded the killing of the dogs until he announced that the dog kept for the orchards should also be killed, but he spared the dog meant for the protection of extensive fields (or big gardens).”
(Sahih Muslim, Book 024, Number 5248)
Ken makes some good points, but fails to understand the emotional ties that occur between people and animals sharing dire situations. These weren’t just dogs being brought home, but dear friends from hard times. I was both proud and dismayed when my wife brought home a female, mixed-breed from across the country she’d found beside a road while visiting in Alabama, with glazed eyes and every disease known to man, and some only known to mutts – and was pregnant! That was 15-years ago and we still have the last of her five pups, now ten years old; looks like a ragged Dingo, but she’s beautiful and precious to us.
Anyone that would poison dogs because their religion doesn’t like them is truly evil. Dogs are as American as apple pie. Maybe that’s why Muslims don’t like them. Who didn’t cry when they had to kill Old Yeller? I’d prolly still tear up if I watch it now lol!
Ken didn’t ruin it. I understand where he is coming from having been in rescue my whole life. We, in America, are becoming more and more aware of the spay/neuter programs (I assume Canada, too) needed to curb the population and reduce euthanasia. The animals here have advocates and no-kill shelters. Those poor, poor animals that are anywhere near muslin scum sociopaths need all the help they can get. They have no advocates over there. When an abused animal has been shown love and kindness, it creates a bond that will last forever. I could never leave an abused animal behind. I am positive some of these dogs and cats have helped our soldiers keep their sanity dealing with the insane there. All abused and neglected animals need our help, no matter where they are.
Gosd bless you ! ! One stray dog, from the rotten, barbaric Middle East will at least be a loyal friend to his master.
That automatically makes him or her at least one million times better than any muslim.
BNI, it’s still a feel good story. These animals and soldiers befriended each other at a time when they needed each other to make conditions more bearable. These animals were more than pets, they were friends. We do have a lot of strays in this country but if people were more responsible and got their pets spayed or neutered, it would bring the number of strays way down. It’s human beings that contribute to there being strays, not animals who have no choice in the matter. We’ve never bought an animal and I’ve lost count of the strays that we’ve taken in over the years. At the present, we only have one cat and yes, he was a stray.
Ken, for heaven’s sake; did someone piss in your crispies? Look boyo, those dogs are not brought into the country without shots, and being cleared by a vet. Get a clue ya grouch. Ken if ya really feel this way about all the dogs euthanized here; then do something positive; to change things.
Dear Ms. BNI:
[In case I forgot, let me wish you - again - a very Happy, Peaceful and Lovely New Year!!!]
I fully understand Ken’s feelings (even if he violated rules of both good-taste AND of protocol, especially with regards to the latter of not addressing Spencer Sekyer by surname at the very least!!); however, if he was a real dog-lover, he would have cared whenever ANY dog gets help and is saved. He strikes me as very self-righteous – and perhaps he doesn’t even care about how dogs and humans bond (where’s HIS understanding thereof???)!!!
Let me also remind him about that these dogs are being thoroughly checked out by veterinarians who will particularly be on the look-out for such diseases as he fears, since they will know from which parts of the world these pets are coming from; furthermore, humans have for sure already brought many – if not even most, perhaps all – of those germs here by the prodigious amount of travelling they are ALREADY doing, even from very specifically those parts of the world!!!!
Consequently, these canines will be likely of minimal to (at the very worst!) moderate risk to any of their brethren already here!!
Nevertheless, I hope that he’ll have noted that somebody has already spoken on behalf of those animals already here who deserve just as much to be loved and welcomed into our homes – as they truly DO!!!! It’s thus my profound hope that as these tales spread in at least OUR Western part of this world, people will be motivated to think about dogs in general and welcome ALL our mutts and other pets NO LESS into their homes!!!
[One of the saddest experiences of my life was when I happened to visit an animal shelter when looking for Molly, who had disappeared somehow or other (I found her shortly afterwards, thank God!!!): to see those puppies barking desperately for somebody to take them out of there (as it seemed) while the older dogs were looking so very sad and forlorn, probably sensing their fates...]
By all rights, there should be positively ZERO stigma whatsoever about welcoming cross-breeds and mixed-breeds into our homes and hearts: not only they can be every bit as outstanding as pets and everything else as any purebred can conceivably be; they also tend to be much healthier as being with a reduced risk of such unfortunate abnormalities as hip dysplasia (which my pet has – yet she’s been doing fantastically well with it for a full 7-8 years now!!!) and many other such things which I’m unable at this moment to remember, sad to say…
Thus, dear Ms. BNI: please don’t let Ken’s diatribe get to you!!!! I unreservedly join the others in lauding Mr. Spencer Sekyer (note that surname – it sounds Turkic: fancy that should that be the case, somebody of Turkish-Muslim descent who however is a dog-lover) for his kindness and love in helping these unfortunate dogs – BRAVO to him!!!!
It’s also my hope that Ken will think about what yours truly has hereby tried to tell him: hopefully it will soften HIS heart too… Thank you so very much for letting me address this issue.
ADHD, I realize there are a lot of abused and neglected dogs here, but there was no reason to put a damper on a story like this that was all about love and caring for some of God’s beautiful creatures – animals. If they hadn’t brought those dogs here, all those other neglected dogs here wouldn’t have it any better.
Muslims do not belong in civilized countries. They bring nothing good to the West.
Yes, and I supported ASPCA International since Baghdad Pups’ beginning. Nothing is more heartwarming than these dogs making our troops lives better while they reside in horrible conditions..
Muslims do hate dogs and my heart goes out to all those that are stoned, kicked, and shot by Iraqis and Afghans. It’s too difficult to think about.
Ken,
Our military fell in love with those dogs in Iraq and Afghanistan. A bond can’t be broken. These dogs, cats, even a donkey, gave our troops a reason to get up in the morning.
Yes, we do have many dogs, cats, horses, and so on, here, but our troops didn’t fall in love with them. It just happened. They ran into a dog or cat somewhere and couldn’t leave it behind. Puppies, kittens wandered into their camps. Who could put them out in that cruel environment. Some of these dogs saved their lives.
Well done Canada and Canadians. Well done US and the warriors who brought these innocent dogs home and safe from the hell holes of of islamic countries.
This is the happiest pack of pups I’ve seen in a while. Thanks BNI.
Ken-
Your comments were so uncalled for. If you have a heart for the dogs in the shelters here, then you go do something for them. Everyone has to tend to the things they see in front of them. If this man wanted to bring some unfortunate dogs to a better home, why castigate him? Why call him selfish? Who the hell put YOU in charge?
That you throw a tantrum, because Spencer Sekyer didn’t seek your approval, before rescuing some needy animals, is childish and pathetic. Take your sniveling elsewhere, Dougie Downer.
Nuslims have direct competition with dogs for food, that is why they hate them.
I loved this story and like Joy I had tears in my eyes.I don’t think Ken meant to ruin this feel good story,but in this case he was the selfish one.No one can save all the abused and starving animals in the world and the soldiers knew these dogs.They had contact with them and had bonded with them.They loved them and the dogs returned their affection.They saw first hand what their circumstances were in Afghanistan and did every thing in their power to save them.
Who can have a problem with that?
B, I will bet you money (ha- nevermind that- I don’t have any) but I bet ya that Ken works with the worst case scenarios. I also did. I worked in a kill shelter long before people were made aware of the animal’s plights. I saw the worst of the worst and I saw so many beautiful dogs and cats killed just because there were no homes. I started a network of rescues and had them come in almost daily to remove the adoptable dogs and cats. I was called the “hemmorhoid” because I was such a PIA about the humane treatment and stay of execution on these creatures. We have come a long way since then. When I was president of a local humane society we had to make decisions on spending thousands to save one animal or use that money to rescue many others. It is a hot topic and a painful one. There is an argument among people in humane work here on LI due to some groups taking dogs out of kill shelters down south and adopting them out here. One thing I will tell you- open up a discussion on animals and you will find very passionate and opinionated people. It is all about what degree of humane work they are dealing with, If Ken has seen many adoptable animals killed right under his nose, his outlook is understandable. That being said, I love what this guy did and what the groups are doing. No one can say to an animal- you are from Afghanistan or the Carolinas and you don’t count. They have no idea where they are from. They need love as much as the abused animal in your own neighborhood. Ok I will quit rambling and go to bed.
Kim, I understand. I am in the process of looking for a rescue horse now to adopt since my 28 year old horse just died. I can only look online for a few minutes at a time. It is heartbreaking.
Just one more thing- he said the Mom dog had been abused but the article only speaks of some of the pups. I wonder what happened to the Mom and the other pups.
BNI
Thanks for posting this feel good story God knows we all need it! And to the the people on here that have nasty comments about this your points about this person because of rescuing these dogs and not the whole world of stray dogs is frankly disgraceful.
This was 1 mans mission to save these dogs that he had come in to contact with his destiny call it what you want! But this man heeded the call and his compassion made him do unselfish acts. 1 person can not save the world and at some time in our lives and freqently we are all called on to help others and animals that truly deserve it. We can all only do our bit and no person has a right to tell another how he should serve his own heart. God bless all the the people involved in rescuing any animal that they can from these evil human beings in these God forsaken countries. Three cheers for all involved in their rescue!!!!!!
It really is a sad world more evil than good at this point in history because of the rise of Islam we are going back to the dark ages of the past, all we can hope is that we defeat this evil one day.
The fight against evil by he good is a never ending battle in all forms and religions.
Sorry still not done. Manu T if you read Mike Ramirez’s comment above you will understand why muslims hate dogs. Not Nuslims-what ever they are. Even if they were competing for food, there is no reason other that sociopathy to treat dogs the way they do.
I know Bonni and I am thrilled that you doing that. It is heartbreaking but when you find that one horse that needs you, it will be the most rewarding thing you have ever done. Oh and did you know that Obama signed something (bill, legislation, what ever it is) that horses can now be slaughtered and sold for human consumption in the US? I posted in on my FB and can send it over to you if you want. Damn, I really should be in bed. LOL
KIm, I know and it makes me sick. I should ask him how he’d like it if I came over to his house and said I wanted to eat his dog, Bo.
Ok I am not gonna wait. Here is the link.
(Sorry, Kim, I can’t leave that up. It would result in too many death threats on you know who, which I’d only have to delete anyway. –BNI)
What a touching story, thank you BNI for sharing it. It warms my heart knowing they provided comfort to overburdened (brave) soldiers in harms way, and were rescued from a certain inhumane death at the hands of their enemy (and ours), Muslims. Dogs are loyal, intelligent, and protective, as are US soldiers. Perfect match. I’m glad we are neighbors (I was treated very well by US soldiers in S. Korea…specifically at Camp Casey and Camp Red Cloud. Had to mention it!).
Dear Ms. BNI:
You’re completely correct in your response to me: it was truly uncalled for on Ken’s part to try to ruin this story!!!! I tried to suggest as much when I wrote: “even if he violated rules of both good-taste AND of protocol, especially with regards to the latter of not addressing Spencer Sekyer by surname at the very least!!” Probably it was too oblique and/or convoluted: the part about good-taste was what was meant for him
Either way, let’s hope that the replies of one or more of us all will get to him and that he can eventually bring himself to apologise, especially to you! Also, the best thing we ALL can do when possible is to adopt canines and other animals – and let me wish you all the best of fortune in finding another horse, while we’re at it!!! God Bless!!!
Finally for Kim, a word of hopefully-true consolation: let’s hope that those seven puppies rescued by Mr. Spencer Sekyer were almost (if not quite) the whole litter (they happen to look like some sort of retriever-mixture, possibly Labrador-Retriever). Poor mother and any others: presumably they didn’t survive until he was able to get them flown out of Afghanistan to Canada. God rest their souls (which I believe all animals happen to also have, not just humans) in peace!!!…
ADHD, I know, but I’m on a short fuse these days. You know how rare it is that I find a nice story to post and he ruined it for me. I don’t expect he’ll be back, he hasn’t commented here before. So like an untrained dog, he left a mess in my house and then ran off. LOL