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Police Dogs Starving To Death In Iraq

Perknose

Perknose

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My God, this is an all-time, ass-clown low! :|:|:|
The commander of an Army Reserve detachment is begging friends back home to send food for Iraqi police dogs.

"The dogs are starving and urgently need dry dog food," Capt. Gabriella Cook, commander of the Las Vegas-based 313th Military Police Detachment, said in a Dec. 28 e-mail reported Wednesday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

"Some of them have already died," Cook wrote. "Half of them are sick. We have no way of buying actual dog food here."

Cook's unit arrived last month in the Iraq capital. She said 12 German shepherds and one black Labrador retriever trained for bomb-detection and attack at the Iraqi Police Academy in Baghdad have been eating table scraps and garbage.

"It seems like an emergency situation," Diana Paivanas, a Henderson pet-care provider and Cook's friend, told the Review-Journal. "Something needs to be done now to save these dogs."

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., a veterinarian, directed a legislative aide to contact an Army liaison to investigate, a spokesman for the senator said. But when contacted Wednesday, his office said they were unsure where to send donations and that they are looking into it.

Military officials at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad did not immediately respond to the newspaper's request for information about the food supply for U.S. canines in Iraq

Paivanas said she found it costs about $50 to mail a 30-pound bag of dog food to Cook.

Henderson Veterinarian Terry Muratore estimated that each of the 13 working dogs would consume a 40 pounds or more of dry food per month.

"If securing the country entails having security dogs that are healthy, then we should do that," Muratore said. "Surely there's space on a C-130 to get a pallet of dog food over there."

If you would like to help feed the dogs, you may send checks to the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society. They are working with several companies to ship food to the animals as soon as possible.

"PetSmart has donated a pallet of food, and we hope PetCo will do the same," Judith Ruiz, president of the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society said.
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WTF, you go to war with the garbage and table scraps you have?????? :|:|:|

I can only hope that somehow this story is way overblown, and that the herein stated words of Capt. Gabriella Cook, commander of the Las Vegas-based 313th Military Police Detachment -- "Some of them have already died, Half of them are sick. We have no way of buying actual dog food here." -- are somehow misinterpreted! BUT HOW????
 
This had better be a hoax.. if not then I think Mr. Bush's next few meals should be dead dog.

BTW, anything sent to Iraq would probably take about two weeks to get there??

Why do I hate everything about this administration
 
Originally posted by: Aimster
Why can't they feed them kabob?
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Dog's usually require a different diet than ppl, you can feed them kabobs but it's probably not healthy. Besides, feeding U.S. dogs mideast food while you're occupying a poor mideast country doesn't scream the best of ideas to me.
 
These are Iraqi police dogs, not US police dogs. It could very well be true. I couldn't ever see our servicemen/women letting their dogs starve, but folks in the ME have a different outlook on both human and animal life.
 
Because I have AKO access, I just sent CPT Cook an e-mail inquiring about the situation. Will update if she responds.
 
Originally posted by: Aimster
Why can't they feed them kabob?
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I fed my dog a bunch of stuff from the table during the holiday and he developed pancretities sp? It cost me $1k in vet bills because I had to take him into the emergency hospital and an overnight stay. Moral of this story is that dogs can't eat high fattening foods. They'll die.
 
Originally posted by: burnedout
Because I have AKO access, I just sent CPT Cook an e-mail inquiring about the situation. Will update if she responds.
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:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: BarneyFife
Originally posted by: Aimster
Why can't they feed them kabob?
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I fed my dog a bunch of stuff from the table during the holiday and he developed pancretities sp? It cost me $1k in vet bills because I had to take him into the emergency hospital and an overnight stay. Moral of this story is that dogs can't eat high fattening foods. They'll die.
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Dogs are scavengers, there is absolutely no reason for a dog to starve.

Dog food is not a magic food.

What causes Pancreatitis?
For the majority of cases, the cause is unknown. Pancreatitis can occur in both dogs and cats, but is generally more common in dogs, especially the acute form. Cats more commonly have the chronic form, and it can be difficult to diagnose. In dogs, obese middle age to older animals have a higher incidence, as do females. Even though exact causes are not known, there are identifiable risk factors. Here are some potential risk factors:

* Hyperlipidemia (high fat content in blood)
* High fat meal (trigger for hyperlipidemia)
* Obesity (especially dogs)
* Concurrent disease - i.e. Cushing's, Diabetes
* Contaminated food or water
* Certain drugs and toxins - i.e. some types of diuretics, antibiotics, and organophosphate insecticide
* Bacterial or viral infection
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If ture then this is yet another thing that the Government and the military did not plan for. Just goes to show how rushed we are to continue to send troops and everything else into Iraq without much thought for the duration and lenght of th eoperation......
 
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Dogs are scavengers, there is absolutely no reason for a dog to starve.

Dog food is not a magic food.
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Yeah, I know, there are parts of this story that have me scratching my head. If it weren't for the specific citation of the complaining officer and the named involvement of a US Senator, I wouldn't have posted this here. Still . . .

Maybe burnedout will get a reply. That would be interesting.

And, thanks, alchy, for pointing out that they were Iragi dogs. I changed the thread title to relflect this.



 
Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Dogs are scavengers, there is absolutely no reason for a dog to starve.

Dog food is not a magic food.
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Yeah, I know, there are parts of this story that have me scratching my head. If it weren't for the specific citation of the complaining officer and the named involvement of a US Senator, I wouldn't have posted this here. Still . . .

Maybe burnedout will get a reply. That would be interesting.

And, thanks, alchy, for pointing out that they were Iragi dogs. I changed the thread title to relflect this.
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Just checked e-mail. Nothing yet. By the way, I sent the message to her Army-wide account, not her unit account. I assume she checks her unit account more frequently.
 
This is baffling to me as well. It isn't as if dogs won't eat anything. I have two dogs and was all set to donate when I realized this article simply doesn't make any sense. I'm interested in seeing a reply from whomever burnedout e-mailed, because this simply makes little sense.
 
Confusing article really. The title says "deployed dogs" which to me means that these are dogs that came with them to Iraq and considering they are an MP unit, that makes some kind of sense. Then, the first sentence says they are Iraqi dogs. Which is it? Futhermore, there's no reason these dogs couldn't eat MREs to get by, at least to bulk them up and get them healthy again. Seems like a rogue Captain who is about to get her hand slapped. We shall see. I will also e-mail her as a fellow MP to see what else I can find out.
 
Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
Dogs are like people... they'll eat anything before they starve.
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Yeah, so the only thing I can think is that they aren't letting them do that, or that the Iraqis want them to eat a certain diet. Of course that wouldn't make sense if you think of what goes into Dog Food.
 
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: Forsythe
You could let them eat the prisoners at guantanamo. I'm sure some of you would like that.
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Or aborted fetuses. I'm sure some of you would like that.





:roll:
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it's dead already, guantanamo prisoners aren't. but eating fetuses is only useful if you're paralyzed
 
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: Forsythe
You could let them eat the prisoners at guantanamo. I'm sure some of you would like that.
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Or aborted fetuses. I'm sure some of you would like that.





:roll:
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There's a minor difference, we aren't aborting because we think it's fun. It's not like i have a personal cult that every full moon hunts down na pregnant woman and forces her to have an abortion. It's because the women want it. Because it is deemed better for the general wellbeing or whatever. Not like the proud american idiots in Iraq or Cuba. Or many members of this forum would do if they had the chance.
In short:

We aren't pro abortion to get satisfaction.
You could just as well exploit the situation! I mean. You're already electricuting their dicks!
 
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