Informer: Several groups help deploying soldiers, pets
Last Modified: Monday, May 07, 2012 1:02 PM
By Andrew Perzo / American Press
There was a segment on TV about people who were being deployed overseas who need homes for their pets while they’re gone. I would like to find out how I get information on this program. My husband and I are retired and we are interested in helping out.
Not knowing the specific network or channel the segment aired on, The Informer can offer only general information.
The National Resource Directory, a government website for service members and veterans, lists the following groups, noted here with the site’s descriptions of each:
Dogs on Deployment, dogsondeployment.org — “Provides a central online database for Service Members to search for families, individuals and other non-profits who are willing to board their pets while they are deployed.”
Guardian Angels for Soldier’s Pet, guardianangelsforsoldierspet.org — “Foster home network and financial assistance to provide a caring, loving and safe home environment for Service Members’ and Veterans’ pets during deployment or an emergency hardship.”
Military Pets Foster Project, netpets.org — “Assists people in the military find foster care for their pets when they have to leave them behind after deployment.”
Operation Noble Foster, operationnoblefoster.org — “Helps Service Members retain ownership of their cats by having them cared for until they return.”
Pet Foster Care, petfostercare.com — “Assists people in the military who will have to leave their pets behind after deployment.”
Online: www.nrd.gov.
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Thomas Jefferson — Monticello, Charlottesville, Va.
James Madison — Madison Family Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt.
John Quincy Adams — United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.
Martin Van Buren — Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Franklin Pierce — Old North Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
Abraham Lincoln — Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
Ulysses S. Grant — Grant National Memorial, New York City.
William McKinley — McKinley Memorial, Canton, Ohio.
Woodrow Wilson — Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
Herbert C. Hoover — Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch, Iowa.
Harry S. Truman — Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Mo.
Dwight D. Eisenhower — Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan.
Lyndon B. Johnson — Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Stonewall, Texas.
Ronald Reagan — Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif.
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Posted By: Gayle Moore/Cairn Terrier Rescue On: 5/21/2012
Title: Fostering Miltary pets
Go to Google and do a search by entering "rescue groups that foster military pets" or maybe try "fostering military pets". I do rescue and I have seen these groups. They are few and far between however. A wonderful idea and hope you are able to locate one and help our military folks and their pets out.
Good luck!
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