Archive for the ‘Baghdad Pups’ Category
Sunday, February 8th, 2009
Internet search engine Dogpile.com has partnered with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to raise money for animal rescue.
Here is the mission statement displayed at http://rescue.dogpile.com/pets:
You search the Web. Together we'll rescue pets.
We're on a mission to help pets in need. We call ...
Posted in Animal News, Animal Rescue, Baghdad Pups, Dogs, Street Dogs, Video | Comments Off
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Ratchet was a one-month old puppy, rescued from a pile of burning trash in Iraq by United States soldiers, then adopted by Army Specialist Gwen Beberg in May 2008. When Spc. Beberg tried to get Ratchet out of Iraq, the Army confiscated him and sent him back to the base, ...
Posted in Animal News, Animal Rescue, Baghdad Pups, Dogs | Comments Off
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Will the Berlin Zoo sell Knut? Will the man-made global credit freeze compel Knut's financially responsible German keepers to trade the fading furball in for some Euros? The one-time Vanity Fair cover cub is no longer cute. The crowds are dwindling and Knut has become about as average as your ...
Posted in Animal Health, Animal News, Baghdad Pups, Wildlife | Comments Off
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
In further evidence that the war in Iraq is winding down, the Iraqi military, under the direction of the provincial council, is now focusing its gunsights on stray dogs. On Sunday, 200 dogs were killed by authorities. Poison meat has also been put out for the dogs. These actions were ...
Posted in Animal Advocacy, Animal News, Animal Rescue, Baghdad Pups, Dogs, Street Dogs | Comments Off
Friday, October 31st, 2008
The United States Department of Defense has released a video of the October 21, 2008, arrival in the United States of Ratchet, a dog rescued from a burning trash pile in Iraq by Army Spc. Gwen Beberg and another U.S. soldier. He passed his medical exam in Virginia, and arrived ...
Posted in Animal News, Baghdad Pups, Dogs, Video | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Operation Baghdad Pups program manager, Terri Crisp, met an Iraqi puppy named Ratchet at the Baghdad airport Sunday night, October 19, 2008. The two boarded a plane bound for Kuwait, and will go from there to the United States.
The black puppy ...
Posted in Animal News, Animal Rescue, Baghdad Pups, Dogs | 2 Comments »
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
The New York Times is reporting that an 11-month-old black Labrador mix puppy named Crusader that was airlifted from Iraq to the United States by Operation Baghdad Pups was found to have rabies.
The Center for Disease Control reports:
On June 5, 2008, a shipment of 24 dogs and two cats ...
Posted in Animal Health, Animal News, Animal Rescue, Baghdad Pups, Dogs | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International (SPCA International) has done it! On Thursday, June 5, 2008, 24 dogs and 2 cats, whose journey began in Iraq, arrived safely in Newark, New Jersey. Here is the announcement I received today from JD Wilson, Director of SPCA ...
Posted in Animal News, Animal Rescue, Baghdad Pups, Dogs, Video | Comments Off
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International (SPCA) is trying to get 26 dogs and four cats out of Iraq before the airline summer heat embargo halts animal transport. A major company has donated the use of a plane to take the animals from Dubai to the ...
Posted in Animal Rescue, Baghdad Pups, Dogs | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
The weather forecast in Baghdad today is for a high of 89° F. By Sunday it could heat up to 93°. Pretty soon it will be too hot to airlift the 25 dogs and cats waiting to leave Iraq with the military personnel who have claimed these street animals as ...
Posted in Animal News, Animal Rescue, Baghdad Pups, Dogs, Street Dogs | 1 Comment »
CritterBlog RSS Feed
