adopting a cat is so crazy bc one day they're homeless in the rain and a year later your life is like this
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— derek guy (@dieworkwear) April 25, 2024
Hat tip to commentor AM in NC:
Paws of War helps soldiers bring home the pets they rescued during deployment. The group is poised for one of its largest rescues in Kosovo. https://t.co/AaoncaY4YV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 28, 2024
Worth clicking just for the pictures! From the Washington Post, “Soldiers reunite with their pets from overseas: ‘It meant everything to me’” [gift link]:
Soldier Nick Kingsley was about to have lunch at a mess hall in Kosovo where he was stationed when he came across a hungry stray puppy sitting outside.
Kingsley, assigned to Eastern Europe with the Massachusetts National Guard, took a closer look at the small pup that frigid day in November and saw that she was injured.
“I noticed she had a puncture wound on her head,” said Kingsley, 29, who then scooped up the dog. “When I picked her up and held her, I could see she wasn’t doing well.”
Kingsley said he snuggled the little black pup and fed her some of his chicken lunch, then tracked down the only veterinarian in the area…
Kingsley liked the dog so much he told his mom and sister in the United States that he wished he could bring Puma home when his year of service ended in March. He said they did some research and learned the organization Paws of War might be able to help.
The Long Island nonprofit is among a handful of agencies in the United States that help reunite military members with stray dogs and cats they bonded with while deployed overseas.
Kingsley said a volunteer near the military base offered to foster Puma for the remainder of Kingsley’s service in Kosovo because dogs were not allowed in the barracks. Paws of War then paid to have the pup flown to Kingsley in the United States after she’d had all of her vaccinations.
“It meant everything to me,” Kingsley said…
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