Cumberland County support of troops does not include their dogs

Dad ordered to give up soldier’s dogs

The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 14, 2008 12:46:23 EDT

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The father of a deployed soldier who is taking care of his son’s dogs has been ordered by Cumberland County to give away two of the animals.

The Fayetteville Observer reported Monday that Henry Carroll planned to appeal the order during the county Board of Adjustment’s meeting Thursday.

Carroll’s son has two dogs and Carroll has three. The county said the five dogs at Carroll’s house qualify as a kennel, which he doesn’t have a license to run.

Carroll’s son, Adam, asked his father to take care of his dogs when his 101st Airborne Division unit deployed to Iraq. He is scheduled to return in December.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_soldierdogs_041208/

It would be great if once, just once, support the troops was more than words.