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05-12-2017, 02:07 AM
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War Dogs must die.

Two heroic Belgian Shepherd war dogs are to be put down.

These two nine year-old dogs have worked their socks off saving thousands of lives in Afghanistan by sniffing out bombs, but now military chiefs have ruled they cannot be rehomed.
They are now facing being destroyed by lethal injection, along with an ex-Police dog.

Eamonn Holmes said on telly - "Where is the gratitude?"

An Ex SAS man has set up a petition and so far got 296,000 signatures to save them, and other very experienced handlers have also offered to rehome them.

I know they are highly trained dogs, and couldn't go to an ordinary home, but I do hope they can find the right people to share their retirement with before it's too late.
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05-12-2017, 02:54 AM
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Re: War Dogs must die.

Most combat dogs used to be put down until handlers were allowed to keep them after service.

Unfortunately they can suffer from PTSD more than we can.
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05-12-2017, 07:07 AM
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Re: War Dogs must die.

They have been reprieved

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/506725...scued-the-sun/
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05-12-2017, 08:52 AM
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Re: War Dogs must die.

That's wonderful news that they have been re-homed.
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05-12-2017, 09:53 AM
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I'm so pleased they are reprieved it's the least they deserve.
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05-12-2017, 10:44 AM
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Re: War Dogs must die.

Originally Posted by Muddy ->
They have been reprieved

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/506725...scued-the-sun/


Great. Thanks for telling us Muddy.

I hope, in experienced hands, they be able to settle down now.
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05-12-2017, 11:10 AM
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Re: War Dogs must die.

Originally Posted by Mups ->
Great. Thanks for telling us Muddy.

I hope, in experienced hands, they be able to settle down now.
I am pleased to hear that those hard-working, self-sacrificing dogs will be saved. Man's best friends !
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05-12-2017, 11:35 AM
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Re: War Dogs must die.

Wonderful news they have been reprieved...
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05-12-2017, 10:48 PM
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Re: War Dogs must die.

That is great news i have been praying that these dogs would find a new home after what they have been through.
Changing things slightly isn't it such a shame that all the poor horses that went off to WW1 were not lucky enough to find new homes instead what happened after the war? The thousands of horses that surived the war were all sold of to French butchers those poor horses after all they went through ended up on the butchers slab.
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05-12-2017, 11:11 PM
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Re: War Dogs must die.

I read the good news about these dogs earlier today. I'm so glad they have been saved.
 
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