Dogs from military base in Afghanistan find new home

Bear and Hutch, two of the United States’ newest immigrants,
are settling into their new home in North Buffalo.

Saturday afternoon, the mixed-breed dogs from Afghanistan flew on Pakistan International Airlines into John F. Kennedy International Airport, where they were met by William “Craig” Macy, a 28-year-old staff sergeant with the New York Army National Guard who first befriended the dogs when they were puppies, in September 2008.

“They were pretty happy. They were happy to get out of their cages more than anything,” Macy said of the dogs’ reaction upon seeing him. “It was pretty exciting to know the dogs made this crazy, long journey from the other side of the world. . . . You get really attached to them.”

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