6 Million Die Each Year. Here's One Who Didn't

Yes, every year in the US, 6 million--maybe more--innocent cats and dogs are murdered because they are "inconvenient". Below is the story of a proverbial dime-a-dozen black labrador retriever, abandoned on a street with a broken leg and a dislocated hip, who almost certainly would have been murdered by the government by virtually any "shelter" in this country.

Fortunately, that was not Jake's fate...

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Dog Who Searched for WTC Survivors Dies

A black Labrador who became a national canine hero after burrowing through white-hot, smoking debris in search of survivors at the World Trade Center site died Wednesday after a battle with cancer.

Owner Mary Flood had Jake put to sleep Wednesday after a last stroll through the fields and a dip in the creek near their home in Oakley, Utah. He was in too much pain at the end, shaking with a 105-degree fever as he lay on the lawn.

Flood had adopted Jake as a 10-month-old disabled puppy - abandoned on a street with a broken leg and a dislocated hip.

Full Story, SF Examinder, July 26, 2007