United States Military to Receive Dog-Cooling Vests
by David Milner
The Carolina Animal Protection Society (CAPS) is soon going to provide 30 cooling vests to the United States military for use by dogs deployed to the Middle East from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Funding for the vests, which have pockets in which ice and cold water are placed, was provided to the CAPS by The Humane Society of the United States.
"Temperatures easily reach triple-digits in that part of the world during the summer," said HSUS Central States Regional Office Director Phil Snyder. "Our goal in this situation is to prevent any heat-related health problems that may arise. We are confident that the cooling vests will play a big part in keeping the dogs healthy in such extremely high temperatures and enable them to do the job they were trained to do."
"We have worked together with The HSUS for a number of years," said CAPS Vice President Karen Eldred. "We are grateful that they are helping us provide the means necessary to help the dogs. The commanding officer of the Force Services & Support Group has already been contacted, and the vests will be shipped out to the dogs by the fastest means available."
© 2003 Animal News Center, Inc.
The Carolina Animal Protection Society (CAPS) is soon going to provide 30 cooling vests to the United States military for use by dogs deployed to the Middle East from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Funding for the vests, which have pockets in which ice and cold water are placed, was provided to the CAPS by The Humane Society of the United States.
"Temperatures easily reach triple-digits in that part of the world during the summer," said HSUS Central States Regional Office Director Phil Snyder. "Our goal in this situation is to prevent any heat-related health problems that may arise. We are confident that the cooling vests will play a big part in keeping the dogs healthy in such extremely high temperatures and enable them to do the job they were trained to do."
"We have worked together with The HSUS for a number of years," said CAPS Vice President Karen Eldred. "We are grateful that they are helping us provide the means necessary to help the dogs. The commanding officer of the Force Services & Support Group has already been contacted, and the vests will be shipped out to the dogs by the fastest means available."
© 2003 Animal News Center, Inc.
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