For a wounded soldier home from Afghanistan, it was a special reunion a long time in the making. A puppy he adopted on the front lines is now with him again in Bethesda, Md. Donny Eslinger, 20, encountered the dog while on tour of duty in Afghanistan. He traded three cigarettes to become the dog’s [...]
BRAZIL — Quick, determined and with impeccable senses of smell and hearing, Dox and Lyon lost their lives during a recent police operation. The two dogs were fatally shot while pursuing suspects in a forest near the city of Ribeirão das Neves on behalf of the Minas Gerais Military Police on May 17. As soon [...]
ROMULUS, Mich., (WXYZ) – A few dog treats, a game of fetch and the sound of friendly voices are what finally led to the safe recovery of a former bomb-sniffing dog that recently worked to secure the U.S. Capitol and the White House. About 12 hours on the run, Officers from Romulus Police, the Airport [...]
CONNECTICUT — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) discussed legislation recently in Hartford that would benefit military working dogs after their service on the battlefield is over. “Military working dogs routinely patrol ahead of the line — put in harm’s way to protect our troops,” Blumenthal said Thursday. “They show extraordinary strength and loyalty every day in [...]
Animal control officers and police in Romulus are searching for Arco, a Belgian shepherd, who has bitten two officers in separate incidents this morning. The dog, 6, arrived on a flight from Arizona and got loose when it was let out to relieve itself, Romulus Police Lt. Josh Monte said. It’s been on the run [...]
Luck is truly a hero among men! RIP Lucky. Airmen of the 92nd Security Forces Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base paid their respects Thursday to one of their own. Lucky, a military working dog, survived five tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. He succumbed to cancer last September at age 10, surviving [...]
HOUSTON — Animal rescue organizations have helped U.S. troops, contractors, and government employees bring home more than 200 stray and adopted dogs from Afghanistan this year. Monday brought a new wrinkle to that process. A Marine welcomed home a dog he’d never even met. The happy ending was supposed to be for a dog named [...]
The following are the words of the photographer. It was an overcast day in Newport, N.H., when a simple “20/20? shoot turned into something that made me wonder about life after death. I was filming soldier Justin Rollin’s parents Skip and Rhonda playing with their dog Hero, whose rescue from the Iraq War zone where [...]
