Thursday, March 29, 2012

Canine Soldier On His Way Home

Together at last: Following a high-profile campaign Leavey has been to can adopt her canine pal

Ex-Marine Wins! Canine Soldier On His Way Home -- Global Animal

(TOUCHING TALE) NEW YORK — Ex-marine Megan Leavey wanted nothing more than to reunite with her former military dog partner, Sergeant Rex. After retirement, the bomb-sniffing war dog’s future was uncertain, but thanks to former Corporal Leavey, Sgt. Rex will now live out the rest of his life with love and comfort. With help from Senator Chuck Schumer, Leavey now just needs to wait for her canine comrade to come home. Read on for the full update and how Sergeant Rex won his freedom by the help of Leavey, a Senator, and 21,000 supportive petitioners. — Global Animal

Megan Leavey wanted her dog back. No, she wasn’t running around posting flyers on neighborhood bulletin boards and telephone poles — because her dog was not lost. The dog lover is a former U.S. Marine Corporal and the dog she wanted back is Sergeant Rex, the bomb-sniffing german shepherd she lived and worked with during two deployments in Iraq.

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