Save-A-Vet

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In this March 6, 2014 photo, disabled Navy veteran Kevin Finizio, left, talks with Northern Illinois University student Jennifer Lotus about Zander, a retired Massachusetts State Police K-9, after a presentation given by the students on the Save-A-Vet program in DeKalb, Ill. NIU chose to help Save-A-Vet, a Lindenhurst-based nonprofit organization that pairs disabled veterans with decommissioned service dogs. in January because the organization is the only one in the nation that saves decommissioned service dogs. (AP Photo/Daily Chronicle, Monica Maschak) MANDATORY CREDIT