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DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Kay Joubert, Companion Animal Services Director at PAWS of Lynnwood, goes slow with Ghandoon, a 2-year old Anatolian Shepherd, who arrived at the shelter Tuesday visibly scared and agitated having traveled half way around the world from her home in Iran. The Humane Society is trying to get ahead of a potential ban of all dogs in Iranian cities and suburbs by relocating some of the animals to shelters in the United States. PAWS was among the first to receive two of the animals, both malnourished and skittish around people. But volunteers hope to rehabilitate the animals and put them into adoptive homes.