Hero Reunites Soldiers with the Dogs they Loved
Every year, CNN names a dozen or more heroic people and asks for your vote to pick the winner. Even though CNN has quite a lineup of remarkable individuals, the one who has my vote is Pen Farthing, a formal Royal Marine sergeant who created a nonprofit organization that reunites stray dogs in Afghanistan with the soldiers who befriended. Soldiers leaving Afghanistan can now go to the website http://www.nowzad.org and apply to get “their dogs” spayed/neutered and shipped home to them. The bond between man and dog is so profound. Many of these dogs provided therapy and normalcy to soldiers operating in a stressful environment. Likewise, the dogs benefited from being loved and cared for by the soldiers. It was a win-win situation in Afghanistan, but Pen Farthing’s determination to keep soldiers and dogs together forever is a stroke of brilliance and compassion. Please vote for him HERE and look for the winner to be announced Dec. 7 during “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” (8pm ET).