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So sad, I hope they are waiting on Rainbow Bridge, peace and love there unlike where they were. Their handlers must be heartbroken, it's disgraceful. So much for Purple poppies!

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This is an up date to Thread 1000 dogs have been put down after serving with service personal it is sickening to see this on the news surely they weren't injured or old the petition saved two but what about all the rest Barbara

So, someone with common sense at last. Thanks to Andy & everyone who signed the petition. People power works. Hope they will have a lovely forever home. :-)

....so it transpires they didn't 'need' to be put down - just laziness on the part of the MOD.
Disgusting!

Perhaps the Government and MOD will now look at loyal translators from Afghanistan, Iraq etc, who are being denied safety here, or are in danger of being sent back.

Thanks to Andy McNab he has saved these dogs nowt to do with the bloody mp.

https://goo.gl/dV4Qsx

Amazing news today the dogs are going to find new homes after a meeting with defence minister Gavin Williamson .Monday night at the centre in Leicester to discuss their future but if the news hadn't been made public would **Gavin Williamson** have been interested at all ?It was .Andy Mc Nab collecting 400,000 helped & people on here .Thank You so much <3 <3 Barbara ( correcting post )

<3 <3

Yes I know MaggieinWinchester,But she has sent it out to all her friends/family in Yorkshire/Derbyshire and the North -East so it gets full coverage to save the dogs.

Hi Sue, it's the same petition I put a link to on page 1 :-D

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.change.org%2Fp%2Fdefence-animal-centre-save-our-veteran-dogs%2Ffbog%2F290549285%3Frecruiter%3D290549285%26utm_source%3Dshare_petition%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Dautopublish%26utm_term%3Dautopublish&h=ATO-aIfKHp2S0rX8YB-08wIYiKszpH5KuAk0d5i0C3-46SN8nQX0repnVG6ZiNlMtPMsSfmpPri8dSk5WsMywxpFlkAbFd3UDQJBY57zoRxeY3shhHa8GAZXtzQfwsd4tN3ncEoU5G_92T5JHLkhU080kqkoxkyHHeWeWfx7d6Wb-Lfdv3FotZlJHZ_s9LK7xaivv_ZvGvXvFN_UTn61Tlve9DbUHXLbrKzyzNfkgUGjud-WSQMO_DYza9hLSrU7XtCGqtDvIAPbQZzSwC5ldNcoY2pbNKvj


May seem a long addy but just copied it from her FB

Sue if your Niece can make a difference any help is gratefully accepted :-)

My niece has started a petiton for the dogs and hopefully she will get loads

Proud of you Barbra.
You have said what I was thinking when I read the above piece.

Why have you come on this thread to talk about soldiers .it is a fact MOD do not look after ex military but they sign up & know what they are doing & situations they are putting themselves in we have armed forces to be grateful for I am vey proud when you see young people & older ones who serve Queen & country they are upstanding & proud to do their job .Dogs & horses have no choice they don't sign anything .but are put in terrible danger we as individuals have & will be a voice for these Animals I support* Help The Heroes* do my bit Barbara

The UK armed forces going back as far as you like (eg Waterloo, Marlboro') right through ww1 ww2 Dhofar N.I. Falklands Gulf have an appalling record of failing to support ex-soliders in need or with mental health problems. They find it an effort even to provide half way decent accomodation for serving men.

Equipment provided when in line of fire is not up to much either from boots and comms to the single most essential bit of kit a reliable gun.

So given the poor treatment of the men what makes you believe the MOD care overmuch about the dogs?

Quite a few are rehomed / go on to other duties but not all. fwiw the other state orgs using dogs e.g. police have a pretty mixed record as well. Private organisations with state contracts give no data.

Dogs are intelligent animals and respond to retraining. For example racing greyhounds can make excellent household pets. I had a lurcher called Maxx whose (late) gypsy owner (not v kind and used the dog for poaching ) who adapted just fine to an easy life.

Dogs are used to find UXBs and IEDs 'cos they can smell them humans cannot.

https://goo.gl/9k8v1x

If we insist on having a zero risk society then all sorts of undesirable outcomes are inevitable.

For the love of Animals <3 keep signing .

Just signed. Hope it works, they should be honoured not put down. They deserve a lovely retirement home. Disgusted with MOD.
We need to keep nudging this to keep it up the top so more people see it & sign.

These dogs weren't trained to attack, where's the problem?

At least give retired handlers the chance to adopt them.

I read an article on the news relating to this story news papers claimed Dogs to be put down next week sorry cant put a link Daily Mail & Mirror believe are running the story .Maggie gave the link Change .org that's how you sign petition .Barbara