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Who Takes Care Of Fido After Military Families Evacuate From Japan?

As Home Post reported last week, the United States military is helping the families of servicemembers evacuate from Japan. The evacuation is voluntary, but that doesn’t mean the decision to go hasn’t prompted a lot of soul-searching, especially when the family pet is involved.

Originally when the news of the military dependent evacuation broke, rumors started to spread that families wouldn’t be allowed to take their pets with them. The Wall Street Journal reported at the time: (Read more)

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