LONDON: A former Royal Marine British command who runs the only Afghan dog and cat said he only had one week left before he ran out of pet food and begged the British government to help save him, his staff and 140 animals.
The pen fenthing started the Nowzad charity in 2007 to save wild animals in Afghanistan after he adopted street dog while serving in the Helmand Province.
Farthing, who lives in England, has been trapped in Kabul since March 2020 when he traveled there with supplies for shelter and flight stops due to a pandemic.
The fundraising campaign to pay to fly animals on the cargo plane has exceeded the target of $ 200,000 but there is no safe road to the airport.
He also won’t leave unless he can get all the staff of Afghanistan and their family – 71 Afghans – out.
But they do not meet the UK resettlement criteria.
“My problem is not a cargo plane, it’s a bit easy.
It goes to the airport.
Until America and England get access to the airport is sorted, how I intend to get 71 staff members there, especially two full trucks.
Dogs and cats? My wife Go and almost destroyed to death, “he said.
“We did have 140 dogs, 60 cats, 12 donkeys, one goat, two horses and cows.
We have started to sleep some older dogs to sleep now,” explained Farthing.
“Dog shelter is on the outskirts of Kabul because of noise.
Our staff will not travel there during the day now because of the Taliban, especially because they are traditionally Hazara and Taliban are Pashtuns, so we have to consolidate.
The shelter returned here at the clinic and we didn’t Have a room for all dogs.
“He has released 20 dogs back to the streets and plans to let go of or put 20.
The hope is to evacuate 80 dogs and all 60 cats, regardless of the two to be sex.
Livestock will stay in Kabul.
Expatriates that left Afghanistan had lowered their pet dogs and cats to their shelters, because they were not permitted to take them on repatriation flights.
“All cats of the British Embassy, ​​some cats from the United Nations and some of the individual contractors come here,” Farthing said.
Three farthing rescue dogs themselves, along with 35 dogs to be sent to a new home in England, still stuck in his shelter.
“I can go now if I want.
I have to struggle to get through like there is a horrendous humanitarian crisis at the airport.
I will not leave without the 24 staff and their families.
They don’t deserve to get the fate that will befall them.
I’m afraid of my female veterinarian will end up with a Taliban fighter and have to stay at home to make a baby.
They are afraid too.
Their future has been torn from them.
“Apart from his desperate petition, he did not hear anything from the British and Taliban foreign offices now moved to adjacent.
“We have enough food for animals for one week.
After that, we have troubled because all my money is in the bank and the bank has no money.
I can’t stand the animals.
It will be truly horrendous,” he said.