When a group of soldiers tried to leave the Iraq area, a dog followed them - for 70 miles! Charlie, the border collie mix has caught the fancy of American soldiers fighting in Iraq and they petitioned to be able to bring him home with them. SPCA International stepped in and Charlie is the first beneficiary of the organization’s effort to rescue pets from the war zones: Operation Baghdad Pups.
Charlie eventually will live in Phoenix with one of his caretaker soldiers.
Read more about Charlie & some of the other pets who will be rescued here…
Right next door in Iran, it is illegal to own dogs - Islamic law considers them unclean. And a 70 year old man was given 30 lashes and thrown in jail for 4 months for walking his dog.
