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Two More Baghdad Pups Scheduled to Arrive
In the U.S.
Photographer Linda Siadys
Operation Baghdad Pups
 WASHINGTON,
DC – On Thursday, February 21st, two
soldiers’ dogs will arrive safely in the US
after an emergency rescue from Iraq. Liberty
and K-Pot, two puppies rescued off Iraqi
streets by US troops have survived sure
death thanks to SPCA International’s
Operation Baghdad Pups and program sponsors
I Love Dogs, Inc.
Liberty and K-Pot have been serving in Iraq
as sanctioned security dogs for the unit
that adopted them, but the unit is moving to
a forward operating base and is not allowed
to bring the dogs along. If SPCA
International had not come to the rescue in
time, K-Pot and Liberty would have been left
to the harsh war-torn streets and Iraqi
civilians who are sometimes hostile to dogs
who have befriended our US troops. Liberty
and K-Pot have provided endless love and a
sense of home to US soldiers serving in
Iraq.
This emergency rescue will culminate with a
tearful welcome home at JFK International
Airport in New York. Liberty and K-Pot will
be greeted by the soldiers’ families – a
wife and a sister who will be taking care of
them until their loved ones return home to
be reunited with the animals that gave them
so much hope and comfort through the horrors
of war.
WHO: “Liberty” unit-mascot, brown-and-white
Iraq born puppy; “K-Pot” unit-mascot,
brown-and-black Iraq born puppy; Amanda
Lehneke, wife of US Army Lieutenant
currently serving in Iraq who rescued
Liberty; Danielle Berger, New Jersey
resident and sister of US Army Medic
currently serving in Iraq who rescued K-Pot;
Terri Crisp, SPCA International staff and
Liberty and K-Pot’s special escort from
Baghdad; I Love Dogs Inc., Operation Baghdad
Pups Sponsors
WHAT: A successful emergency rescue mission
for our US soldiers’ war dogs Liberty and
K-Pot. They are unit mascots and security
dogs for a US Army unit stationed in Iraq
outside the green zone and they will arrive
safely in the US on a flight direct from
Baghdad.
Liberty and K-Pot are SPCA International’s
first emergency rescues from the war zone
through the Operation Baghdad Pups program.
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