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Twenty dogs from across the globe have arrived at their final destination: a forever home.
Before landing in N.Y.C., the dogs were flown to Montreal, where they received vaccinations and care for several months until they were eligible for travel to the U.S.
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The dogs' time spent at a Canadian boarding facility due tothe one-year ban the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) placedin June 2021 on the importation of dogs into the U.S. from more than 100 countries considered to be at high risk for rabies.
On June 3, according to SPCA International, the CDC relaxed the ban, reopening U.S. borders to dogs from previously banned countries as long as the animals are microchipped, at least six months old, and vaccinated against rabies. This shift allowed SPCA International to move the 20 dogs in Montreal into the U.S. to reunite with their new families.
“We were thrilled to see the CDC lift the restrictions for bringing dogs back to the U.S, and we are grateful to the boarding facility and its workers who cared for these special dogs until they were eligible and permitted to come home,” Ina Clark, the executive director of SPCA International, said in a statement. “It is so heartwarming to reunite our U.S. service members with the dogs they befriended while deployed, and we’re excited for the men and women whose furry friends from abroad will now join their family.”
SPCA International’s Operation Baghdad Pups: Worldwide programhas helped over 1,200 military members reunite with the pets they adopted during their deployments.
source: people.com
