U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (NY-04), Peter King (NY-02), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Lee Zeldin (NY-01), and Tom Suozzi (NY-03) sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield calling for urgent intervention to save the life of an American veteran’s service dog. The one-year old puppy, Harley, was brought to the United States from Jordan by Paws of War, a Long Island-based organization that matches rescue dogs with American veterans experiencing the emotional effects of war.
Harley arrived at JFK International Airport from Amman, Jordan on August 24. CDC authorities at JFK denied Harley entry, citing invalid vaccination paperwork at the time of arrival. However, the invalid paperwork was only the result of a minor paperwork mistake, which has since been corrected in an appeal by Paws of War. Nonetheless, CDC has denied the appeal and Harley is scheduled to be sent back to Jordan any day, where she will almost certainly be euthanized.
