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US Military wants to shoot soldier's dog in Iraq/PLEASE READ!!
Date: 2008-10-09, 3:19PM
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Petition needs more signatures: help Gwen bring Ratchet home w/ her from Iraq
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It is terribly ironic that we send our soldiers to save lives, however with the same hand we take fromt them the very lives they hold precious. What a disgusting display of how the military treats their soldiers, who are out risking their lives, but also how little respect the military and society has for the animals we as humans have made into pets. Please sign the petition. LONG LIVE RACHET!!
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Military Rips Dog from Soldier in Iraq, Dog Doomed to Almost Sure Death!
Posted on 2008 under Animal Advocacy, Companion & Service Dogs, Crimes Against Canines, Furbabies in Need of Help, Just Sad
Now, what does this have to do with dogs you may ask? You've probably heard of Operation Baghdad Pups. The SPCA along with volunteers works to bring home dogs and cats that our soldiers have taken under their care. Their motto, 'No Buddy Left Behind' says it all!
We all know the love and loyalty of our own pets. We know often the very salvation they offer us. Imagine what they do for our soldiers, thousands of miles from home, living amid death and war and horrific conditions that we cannot even begin to fathom.
To say that these dogs and cats are a lifeline is probably far too weak and pallid a description. Often, I am sure, they give these soldiers a reason to live and something to love in a place where there is so little for them.
Now imagine living in this hostile environment, stuck for months far beyond what you were supposed to be deployed for. You're living in hell every day and just surviving is beyond a struggle.
This was the life of one of our American soldiers in Iraq, Sgt. Gwen Beberg. But Gwen found a lifeline along the way, a tiny little ball of fur she named Rachet. Gwen has been held in Iraq by the stop-loss policy for over 15 months longer than her original commitment to the military and Ratchet has been one of the things that kept her going day after day.
Gwen kept in touch with her friends and family and shared pictures of her beloved Ratchet as he grew from a scared little puppy into a beautiful young dog. You can imagine how elated she must have been when he was accepted into Operation Bahgdad Pups and she knew her baby would be waiting for her, safe in Minnesota with her family until she could return.
Today, the United States military committed a crime against their own mentally wounded U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq. Commanding officers ordered the confiscation of a dog, Ratchet, befriended by a group of soldiers during a 15th month of deployment. Ratchet has been a lifeline to Sgt. Gwen Beberg. This morning, Ratchet was on his way to SPCA International rescue experts at the Baghdad Airport to be flown home to Gwen's parents in Minneapolis, MN when Sgt. Beberg's commanding officers ordered Ratchet confiscated and held in Iraq to face certain death. (SPCA)
Of all the cruel heartless acts!!
'This year has been extremely difficult on my daughter and her family. It has been a year of disappointments, loneliness, and fear because of all the sacrifices the army has required of Gwen. Ratchet was the savior of her sanity. Now they have cruelly ripped Ratchet away from her and sentenced him to death. I don't know how my daughter will cope. Ratchet has been her lifeline,' explains Sgt. Beberg's mother, Patricia Beberg.
And to make matters even worse, if you can believe it, Gwen is now under investigation for befriending Ratchet. Gwen, a decorated soldier, has not only lost the dog that she saved and who in turn saved her, her very freedom is in danger!
It is against military regulations for active duty troops to befriend animals - Soldiers can face immediate court-marshal and some even see their animals brutally murdered by a direct gunshot to the head from commanding officers who will not bend the rules.
What an untenable situation! Our soldiers give and sacrifice, sometimes their very lives, and our military cannot bend just a little, have just the tiniest bit of compassion and heart. They would rip this dog away just as it was on the road home, to be with the family of the woman who has been putting her life on the line and for what??
The more I read of this story, the angrier I got. How dare they?! What the hell harm is there in saving a puppy, same as so many soldiers have been doing? These dog literally do save their sanity and even their humanity.
My friends, Ratchet and Gwen need our help and support and they need it now and need it desperately!!
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