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From Mirror.Co.Uk News

British soldiers fighting in Afghanistan yesterday launched a campaign to save their brave “mascot”.

Tangye, a black Labrador, has patrolled alongside the men, surviving many gun battles and explosions.

But the lethal threat from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is now higher than ever and the soldiers are worried that Tangye could be blown up.

So the men from C Company, 3rd Battalion The Rifles, want to find the pet a new home in the UK.

Lance Corporal Brent Meheux, 44, from Exeter, said: “It would mean an awful lot to the lads to know he was safe. He’s been such a morale-booster.

“But we had to stop him coming out on patrol about a week ago – the IED threat is just too high.”

Tangye – named after a village on Helmand river – has lived at the UK base since a soldier bought him as a puppy five years ago.

L/Cpl Meheux said: “We want someone in Britain to give him a safe home.”