Kirstie Allsopp brands Pen Farthing’s Afghanistan pet rescue a ‘betrayal’
“I don’t care how complex it is” As the Taliban marked their victory in Afghanistan with a symbolic walk across Kabul airport’s runway, TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp was fighting a war of her own online after criticising Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing’s attempts to rescue hundreds of dogs and cats from the country. The Location Location Location […]
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Pen Farthing and rescue dogs trapped in Afghanistan after UK shuts Kabul airport gates
Farthing secluded far from home. Former Royal Marine and charity worker Pen Farthing is trapped in Afghanistan with the Taliban after it was announced the gates of Kabul’s airport had been sealed. The former CNN hero of the year had been trying to evacuate his staff and almost two hundred rescue dogs when Kabul airport […]
4 years ago
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 […]
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