Sep 09 2008
World Trade Center Rescue Dogs Doing O.K.
This Thursday marks seven years since 9/11.
By now, the dust has long settled, the area that once housed the Twin Towers has been transformed, and those who sifted through the rubble have moved on.
While there’s no doubt that the emotional effects of the rescue work still linger, for some of the rescuers, physical issues are also present.
But not so for the four-footed search dogs, who possess no long term side effects from their dangerous, heroic work.
The New York City Police Department dogs who were deployed to the site after the attack were studied for five years and currently show no long term health effects, this according to the July issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Although many human rescuers continue to suffer from increased rates of illness and severity of symptoms related to respiratory tract disease, the 27 dogs observed in the study do not have the same issues.
The dogs were exposed to the same smoke, dust and toxins as their human counterparts, but researchers think the difference lies in the lung defense mechanisms in the dogs.
I guess that’s the silver lining.
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I was searching around for information on the web for lost dogs at the Trade Center and came across a this blog about 911 dogs.
A bit about me I am a financial advisor and volunteer at one of the Humane Societies in NJ. They have a dog at the shelter since 911 . He was found at the Trade Center site which he was there for days searching for his owner in the rubble. A constriction worker and fireman took the dog from the site. Somehow he is here in NJ and has been since that day. So, this has been tugging at my heart. I wonder if this dog has a family somewhere maybe there are survivors of the victims family that think that the dog perished too. I feel dreadful that a dog that showed so much loyalty is still behind bars. This is the holiday season and my wish is that this dog at least have a happy home for the rest of it’s life with a loving family. What I am told is this dog kind of stays in it’s caged in area because it nips the handler when it used to go out and really doesn’t like to go back in. So now it stays in. He is well carde for I might add but lacks the love and attention that he would receive if he had a real home.I am rather new as a volunteer there so what I started to do is call police stations in the area that train K9 units to see if maybe they could adpot the dog or work with it so it could go to a loving home. So far I wait for return calls. I don’t want to mislead you into thinking this is a vicious dog it isn’t the shelter is extra protective. I think I would nip too if they tried to put me back. I wonder if there is a mailing or group of the 911 families that is sent to the families of the victims and maybe they would take this story and a picture of the dog and put it into there news bullentin or what ever they mail .Does anyone have any ideas to help on this endeaver? A reuniting with a possible owners family or a warm and loving new family but someone will have to work with him first I think. If you would like to contact me my email address is Dmorrisonnj@yahoo.com . Happy Holidays, Debbie
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