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Lex (dog) Lex (1999 – March 25, 2012) was the first active duty, fully fit military working dog to be granted early retirement in order to be adopted. Working for his United States Marine Corps handler Corporal Dustin J. Lee in the Iraq War, he was wounded in an attack that killed Lee, and subsequently was awarded an honorary Purple Heart .
Lucca (dog) Lucca (born 2003 or 2004, [ 1] died 2018) [ 2] was a German Shepherd / Belgian Malinois service dog who was employed by the United States Marine Corps for 6 years. She was trained to detect explosives. She was deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. In her over 400 missions, no human fatalities occurred under her watch.
On April 19, 1866, the first anti-cruelty law was passed in NY since the founding of ASPCA, and the organization was granted the right to enforce anti-cruelty laws. In 1867, ASPCA operated its first ambulance for injured horses and began advocating for more humane treatment of animals such as horses, live pigeons, cats, and dogs.
July 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM. A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he’s relied ...
The 20-year-old marine was hired via the online pet-sitting service Trusted Housesitters, ... leaving one dog to die of starvation after not visiting the owner’s house for a five-day period. ...
The illegal service, which offered access to popular series like Game of Thrones, only cost 9.99 per month, according to court documents.
HSUS has long opposed the keeping of marine mammals in captivity and played a key longterm role in the campaign to end captive orca performance at SeaWorld. [160] [161] HSUS opposed the Georgia Aquarium's application to the National Marine Fisheries Service to import 18 beluga whales from Russia, an application the NMFS denied. [162]
Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone MARTHA MENDOZA, CLAIRE GALOFARO and JULIET LINDERMAN September 15, 2023 at 12:18 AM