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- I'm bothered by this story for a reason very different from what has been said so far. But, to start: It was GREAT that she tried to save the dog, and it breaks my heart that Bill didn't make it. She did the right thing.
But...I follow her Official Facebook page and, several months ago there was a post "I have news about Bill...he's bigger and has stopped teething.." (paraphrased). It feels disingenuous not to have mentioned that update here -- those of us who have "followed" Bill's story there were led to believe that he was very much alive. There were also reports from some TV station in TX about the plans for Bill to come "home" in November. Um...I feel like something doesn't add up here. I'm really, really sorry the dog died and I think it's great another dog was brought in his place (presumably because money had been raised to bring Bill here -- right?). But the WHOLE story isn't here. Was the post on Facebook a mistake? (Was it really about the *other* dog?) Am I missing something?
To be clear and end on a positive note: it's always the right thing to try to save a life, and it's clear that little life touched Lara's. Sorry the dog didn't make it. :( - Reply to this comment
- My heart broke into when I read the story, after all the little guy went through, was bottlefed and nursed back to health, only to succumb to a preventable disease, I know the men that cared for him were terribly sad and disappointed. I am so sorry he didn't make it back to the States to a loving home. To the marines that cared for Bill, thankyou for making a difference in that little dogs life, and doing all u could. God bless.
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- Bill could have stayed at the CBS bureau. Didn't it dawn on these people that you don't leave someone you love with strangers, and that the standards for animal shelters there are different that those of the US? Why would it have cost so much to bring this puppy home, why thousands? Why wouldn't anyone at the bureau have bent their rules long enough to shelter him? I suppose it is better to have given him the love and care he deserved for the short period of his life rather than not at all, and that his death gave another a chance to live. But I'm an idealist, why couldn't they both have been saved? It doesn't make any sense. If people spent more time loving animals, there wouldn't be any wars. This story is like a bloom from a crack in the pavement, and so sad, happy sad.
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- why oh why would you Lara EVEN think about leaving Bill in a shelter there? You might as well have put a gun to his head and killed him...cause that's what you did without knowing. I good give a rats ass about the humans, but this puppy knew NOTHING BUT LOVE and happiness in the midst of all the bs overthere.
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- I just picked up, at the Dulles International Airport, a rescued pup from Yemen that my daughter spent some grueling hours and days rescuing and preventing his euthanization along with many more pups and dogs. He is safe now in the US because of her efforts. She named him Yemmy and is with us until her safe return in March. She is with the embassy in Yeman as a special agent with the Dept. of State. I would like her efforts to be recognized as well because she went above and beyond the call of duty to rescue a living being.
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