Smoke the donkey, born and raised in Iraq, made such a strong impression on the Camp Pendleton Marines who met him during their deployment there that they pulled all sorts of strings to bring him back to the United States.
According to the Los Angeles Times:
Smoke the donkey now lives at Take Flight Farms in Omaha. He works as a therapy animal with the Wounded Warriors Family Support organization.
Smoke, who has almost 1,500 fans on hisFacebook page, recently learned a new trick that his guardians posted on YouTube. Go Smoke!