Taliban blocks ex-Marine’s evacuation of 200 dogs and cats from Kabul
A worrying development The Taliban have blocked ex-Marine Pen Farthing and his rescue animals from reaching Kabul airport. The 57-year-old claims his cats and dogs will die from the heat if they are not taken out of their travel crates soon. The charity worker, Pen Farthing, has been stuck in Afghanistan for the past couple […]
4 years ago
Pen Farthing given go-ahead to evacuate Afghanistan with rescue animals
The ex-marine Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing has secured himself a spot on a plane, as well as his staff and some 200 rescued animals After weeks of campaigning and insistence that he would not leave Afghanistan without both his staff and the animals rescued by his charity, Nowzad, Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing has been cleared to evacuate […]
4 years ago
Ex-marine refuses to leave Kabul without his animal rescue staff
He said he would not leave them behind to “suffer a fate” that the West has put upon them. A Royal Marine veteran who founded an animal sanctuary in Kabul has said he will not be leaving the country without his staff. Paul Farthing has made a plea to the UK government to help his […]
4 years ago