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SPCA’s Operation Bagdad Pups: How to help U.S. Soldiers and Their Pets

November 29, 2011 • Rescue

Want to help animals and U.S. soliders this holiday season?

The SPCA International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping animals around the world.   One of SPCAI's largest initiatives is Operation Baghdad Pups, helps U.S. soldiers bring back the pets they adopt from the Iraq war zone.   Over 40,000 troops will be returning home shortly, but many of these heroes are forced to leave behind their pet companions overseas. The Operation Baghdad Pups program provides veterinary care and coordinates complicated logistics and transportation requirements in order to reunite these beloved pets with the service men and women back in the U.S.

To celebrate the holiday season, SPCAI has launched a new program allowing individuals to donate or create their own fundraising page to help raise the much needed funds to fulfill SPCAI's Operation Baghdad Pups mission. 

Here are some links to get started, learn more, and help our soliders with their pets this holiday season:

Links

Website: http://www.spcai.org/

Fundraising Team Page: http://www.stayclassy.org/fundraise/team?ftid=4187

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SPCA-International/336727290576

Twitter: http://twitter.com/SPCAINT  - Tweet with hashtag #BaghdadPups to show your support

SPCA’s Operation Bagdad Pups program has rescued and reunited hundreds of our heroes pets, including providing essential veterinary care, logistics and transportation home.  To date, we have already rescued 284 dogs, 76 cats, and 1 donkey.  U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan befriend local animals as a way to help cope with the emotional hardships they endure every day while deployed in a war zone.  The Operation Baghdad Pups program provides veterinary care and coordinates complicated logistics and transportation requirements in order to reunite these beloved pets with their service men and women back in the U.S. These important animals not only help our heroes in the war zone, but they also help them readjust to life back home after combat.

How to use your fundraising page

  • Activate your own fundraising page and become an SPCAI ambassador
  • Share this with your community by asking them to start their own page in honor of a beloved pet or in support of all of the millions of animals in need of help
  • Spread the word about your page and how important it is to our troops through your website or social media outlets

 

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