[WonderMomma]

"Cute Ukrainian bears in the Carpathian mountains came out of hibernation.

Spring is in the air. "

[WonderMomma]

Dog expressing himself.

1. Reunion.

2. Feeding stray cats this time.

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

3. Some animals in Ukraine getting some much needed help. No clue what that is they're feeding them.

Looks like Pork or Orc.

After all, meat is meat right & there's plenty of Orc meat around so ?

[Roosta]

I think that there's going to be a lot of uncontrolled breeding going on with all the strays running around which will create a population explosion that will require vast amounts of food to keep them all happy.
Great to see the volunteers in action at least trying to do the best that they can with the resources that are available to try & help a bit.

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by Roosta ↗

I think that there's going to be a lot of uncontrolled breeding going on with all the strays running around which will create a population explosion that will require vast amounts of food to keep them all happy.
Great to see the volunteers in action at least trying to do the best that they can with the resources that are available to try & help a bit.

Yes, the situation with stray animals was bad there prior to the war. Like most other aspects of life there, it's gotten more challenging.

[houseoftechno]

IDF wardog finding explosives in Hamas tunnel.
10 Aug 2024

[puretone]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

Dog expressing himself.

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1. Reunion.

2. Feeding stray cats this time.

You'd think they'd only have a taste for minced orc by now...

[houseoftechno]

Sad when the wardogs fall.

Originally Posted by IDF Press Release

IDF OKETZ K9 UNIT: What is it like to lose a 4-legged friend?
Sting (Oketz) K-9 warriors say goodbye to their best friends, Charlie and Gandhi.
11 Aug 2024

He was your other half. For two years you went everywhere together, fought with each other and became best friends. Then, in one moment, after saving a life on the battlefield, your dog is suddenly gone.

We heard from Colonel B and Colonel E. about the special relationship they had with Gandhi and Charlie.

The dog is the right hand of every sting warrior. From the moment the commandments are made between the two - they become one body, especially in the depths of the battlefield. Therefore, everyone fears the painful moment when he will be forced to part with his brother and kiss prematurely.

Major General B and Major General E enlisted four years ago and then met Charlie and Gandhi, their loyal dogs, eight months into their service. They have been through so much with each other: from the joint training, through the training, the operations until the last battle together.

It is hard to ignore the dissonance that the relationship with the warriors on four creates. "On the one hand, the dog thwarts threats and saves lives, and on the other hand, he is really my little brother," testifies Colonel A., and Colonel B immediately completes his words: "It is a kind of inevitable fear that he will be the hero in the story, but now When it happened - I'm the proudest of him."

Both remember the moment when they experienced the severe loss, as if it happened yesterday. "It was Friday," describes Major General E., "a rainy day in Gaza, we walked on the beach and then we opened the first search. Charlie noticed a suspicious event downstairs, went down the stairs, and suddenly - 3 gunshots and howling are heard. Already there I felt as if we had parted ways. I understood that the chapter between me and Charlie is over and will not return."

"We were in Jabaliya with the Rotem Battalion," recalls Major B., "locating 8 floors. Gandhi entered the first apartment on the right. In the background we heard a bunch of gunfire from terrorists - I called him to come back, but it was already lost." When he died, the dog warned the fighters that there was an approaching threat - which saved them in retrospect.

Gandhi and Charlie are gone, but they still accompany the two wherever they go. "When I returned to the unit, I noticed that I had two dog mouth barriers on me," Major E. painfully shares, "one for Charlie and the other for me. But I no longer have anyone to put it on."

And in a certain closing of the circle, both are now training the dogs that are just entering the sting. Every November, the new arrivals arrive in Israel, and Colonel B and Colonel E are responsible for teaching them everything that is required from scratch - to sit, attack, smell and whistle.

"We see it as a mission," they conclude, "this is how we can influence the next dogs, that they will all be as good as the beloved friends we lost."

[kellyhound]

[Roosta]

Probably sick of human flesh.