1 in 6 war veterans will come home with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Over four million healthy, adoptable animals will be euthanized in shelters this year. Dogs provide healing and comfort to vets.
A 2004 Pentagon study found that one is six veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from PTSD, depression or anxiety. A later study in 2008 put the number at 20%. Veterans are coming home feeling abandoned and having a difficult time adjusting to civilian life. This includes depression, substance abuse and in the worst cases, violence and suicide.
Dogs4Vets will bring shelter dogs and returned veteran together. Spending time with a dog can actually lessen stress. Vets benefit from the healing companionship of the dog and shelter dogs' lives are saved by finding a new loving owner.
Awareness will be brought to the plight of our vets suffering from PTSD as well as showing the benefits of adopting a shelter dog. Both the lives of vets and dogs will be saved in the long run.
"It is not just the shelter dogs being saved, we are enabling veterans to have another chance at living a normal life. The dogs offer no opinion or judgement, just unconditional love."
- Charlene Brewster, Friends of Animals Board of Trustees
Total Funding Received to Date: $10,580
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $14,420
Total Funding Goal: $25,000
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