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Thursday, January 06, 2005
Helping the Iraqi Police K-9s
The Iraqi police need some help. More precisely, their dogs need some help.
The commander of an Army Reserve detachment is begging friends back home to send food for Iraqi police dogs.We need to remember something. Although this was a secular "Islamic" country, there are a lot of faithful Muslims living in Iraq. And, for some reason that I've never understood, Mohammed was not a big fan of Man's Best Friend. They are not allowed to have dogs as pets, so of course there would be no dog food available at the markets. There is literally no way to buy dog food there.
"The dogs are starving and urgently need dry dog food," Capt. Gabriella Cook, commander of the Las Vegas-based 313th Military Police Detachment, said in a Dec. 28 e-mail reported Wednesday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
"Some of them have already died," Cook wrote. "Half of them are sick. We have no way of buying actual dog food here."
"PetSmart has donated a pallet of food, and we hope PetCo will do the same," Judith Ruiz, president of the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society said.I know that there is a big push for contributions to tsunami relief, and I know that money is pretty tight after the Holidays. I know there seems to be a hand out every where you turn, asking for just a little something to help this cause or that. But, as the Stewards we were made by our Creator, it seems important, if you have some extra money, to help out here.
Ruiz said several companies have donated food and that with the money, the 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 nonprofit, 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. The group asks that you indicate in a letter or on the check that you want your donation to go to the dogs in Iraq.
