Vietnam war dogs

[wombat2u2004]

I cannot believe that any soldier who relied on a dog for safety would let him by eaten. Either before during or after the war.

That's true....and it never happened to our dog. Anyway, those dogs were treated as soldiers....even had a rank and service number.
I missed ours when I finally come home....he was a great fella.
Wom

[Freedom]

According to this site, some were turned over to the South Vietnamese Army. Maybe those were the ones who were eaten?

http://www.uswardogs.org/id32.html
If you google Vietnam War dogs, no quotes, lots of hits:

http://community-2.webtv.net/Hahn-50thAP-K9/K9History6/

What happens to war dogs after a war? See here:
http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0202...es/020227a.htm

Now, I am not sure that tour guide was accurate. Hmmmmm........

[wombat2u2004]

According to this site, some were turned over to the South Vietnamese Army. Maybe those were the ones who were eaten?

http://www.uswardogs.org/id32.html
If you google Vietnam War dogs, no quotes, lots of hits:

http://community-2.webtv.net/Hahn-50thAP-K9/K9History6/

What happens to war dogs after a war? See here:
http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0202...es/020227a.htm

Now, I am not sure that tour guide was accurate. Hmmmmm........

Yes....I am in agreeance with that. If they were handed to the ARVN, God only knows what fate befell them.
Wom

[I_luv_rusty]

Alyssa, you must have misheard. I don't remember hearing that when I went, so I looked it up this is what it said.

How Many Dogs Returned Home?

Only 204 dogs exited Vietnam during the 10-year period. Some
remained in the Pacific, and some returned to the United States. None returned to
civilian life. So what happened to the dogs that remained? Most where
euthanized and the others where turned over to the ARVN (South Vietnamese
Army).

[dukedogsmom]

I saw a documentary on Animal Planet a few years ago. One of the guys that was over there and couldn't bring back his dog founded this site, if I remember correctly. I even got an email back from him. It was just heartbreaking to see those grown men crying because they had to leave the dogs behind. I hate the way they were treated like property. So very sad.
http://www.war-dogs.com/

[wombat2u2004]

Some of ours were given to expats and people like that who stayed on living there, others were given to newer units to use, and some....very sadly, were put down.
But I don't think for a moment that any of them were treated as just property....those dogs were mates to the troops, and when the soldiers had to come home after their tour, then they couldn't bring them back, so they lost their mates.....so sad.
Wom

[IRescue452]

Most of those dogs couldn't be brought back to civilian life anyway. They'd be potentially dangerous. I know even the belgian shepherd police dogs we boarded last summer can only be retired to their handlers because they are dangerous.
I don't see what your problem is with eating them, remember these people just got pulverized by a pointless war and many didn't have much food to begin with. If the dogs were going to be killed, they might as well serve a noble purpose in the end.
Today, I don't see too many soldiers caring. After all, so many animals are abandoned in dumpsters the day before the soldiers ship out to Iraq.