Amanda May
Sgt. Lucas May of the Kansas Army National Guard has spent nine months stationed in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, where a tiny mutt wandered onto camp about a month ago. According to the Wichita Eagle, May was reluctant at first to feed or even pet the pup, since it is "against military rules to keep local animals as pets." After a few days, May decided to call home to his wife, Amanda, who happens to work as a fundraising director for the Sedgwick County Animal Response Team in Kansas.
"He loves dogs, and he knows how much I love dogs," Amanda May told the Eagle. "I told him, 'We'll do everything we can to bring her home.'"
Sgt. May wrote to his superiors requesting that he be allowed to do whatever he could to help get the pup -- whom he named Bella -- to Kansas. His request was granted, but the estimated $2,500 needed to ship Bella from Afghanistan had to be arranged privately. When the Wichita Eagle first reported May's story on Sunday, Amanda May had collected $500. Since then, local movie-theater magnate Bill Warren of Warren Theaters donated the rest of the needed amount.
"Thanks to a generous donation by Bill Warren and Warren Theaters, we have more than enough to bring Bella home!" May wrote on her Facebook page. "We are continuing our fundraising efforts to help all the other stray dogs in Afghanistan."
For now, Bella is being held at a shelter in Kabul. Sgt. May hopes to be able to bring her to Kansas around the same time he returns home in March.Related Videos
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I am sooo happy for you Sgt. and for Bella.. What a wonderful thing you and everyone involved has done. And a big thanks to Mr. Warren for coming through with a big heart!
THIS IS GREAT I WISH ALL THE STRAYS OF THE WORLD WERE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND BROUGHT TO A LOVING HOME. LET'S ALL DO WHAT WE CAN FOR THEM AND IN THE OTHER COUNTRIES I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT HELP CAN COME TO THEM AND ALL ANIMALS.
Dog Mom
if somone does not adopt this right away let me know and i will take him/her right away!
Jimbo i believe the Sgt. May intended on adopting the pup if he put so much trouble into taking her home.
Thank You Sgt. May. Take a lesson from this man cruel men. This is what a real man is like. A soldier, or any strong man, showing compassion for something weaker than himself is hot!
God Bless you all for this wonderful effort. One puppy at a time. Don't you wish we could do the same for abandoned and abused children?
Amen to your comment Judy. I love animals but would rather be helping abused children any day to give them help and a safe place to be.
This iz awsome
not many people will go out of their way along with puting time aside to help a dog or puppy
What the heck iz up wit that "doctor"
Can't be a Doctor, can't even spell properly. Registration. Sounds like scam to me.
How wonderful to save an innocent, man's best friend!
how cute! n whats amazing is that a man, a soldier is doing this for an animal, i hope some men learn from him.
See there are some good people in this world, makes me sorta glad we DIDN'T NUKE EM, like we should've.Lets get the innocent animals, and americans, out of there, and NUKE'EM. Terrorism is A CANCER, and needs to be treated as such.
my best wishes goes out to you sgr may and to all the service men and woman over sea's fighting for the usa. i hope you get that pup back here and make it part of your family. facebook was a great idea in order to help out. best of luck to you all.
K.C