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Thousands sign petition for Iraqi puppy to come home with US soldier
More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the US army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a Minneapolis soldier.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:20 October 14, 2008
- In this photo provided by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Sgt. Gwen Beberg of Minneapolis is seen with Rachet, the puppy.
- Image Credit: SPCA
Washington: More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the US army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a Minneapolis soldier.
Sgt. Gwen Beberg and another soldier rescued the puppy from a burning pile of trash in May. She fears the dog, Ratchet, could be killed if left behind.
"I just want my puppy home," Beberg wrote to her mother in an e-mail from Iraq on Sunday. "I miss my dog horribly," she said. She is scheduled to return home next month.
US Defence Department rules prohibit soldiers in the US Central Command, which includes Iraq, from adopting pets, but exceptions have been made.
Operation Baghdad Pups said it has gotten 50 dogs and six cats transferred to the US in the last eight months.
Operation Baghdad Pups' program coordinator, Terry Crisp, is scheduled to arrive in Baghdad on Wednesday to try to get the puppy to the United States.
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