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ICYMI: Nesconset's Paws Of War Aims To Help Specialist Save Cat
Check out this story from earlier in the week on Smithtown Patch, and see how you can help the Army specialist and his cat if you'd like.
NESCONSET, NY — When U.S. Army Specialist Kaiden arrived on duty overseas, he saw a cat that would hang around the area, according to Paws of War, a Nesconset-based nonprofit. The cat would watch everyone from atop the pallets but run away afraid if anyone approached her. That was until the day that Spc. Kaiden took a seat on the pallets to see how the cat, who they named Tiger, would react.
From then on, Spc. Kaiden and Tiger forged a bond that could only be shattered by being 7,000 miles apart.
"Spc. Kaiden has a strong bond with Tiger, and now he needs her to safely be sent back to her home in America," said Dereck Cartright, a disabled veteran who is the stateside logistics coordinator at Paws of War. "We want to do everything we can to help make this happen, but we need the assistance of the public to successfully pull off the mission."
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Paws of War asked for donations to help save Tiger.
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