The Rescue the Animal Rescuers campaign is calling for staff from Nowzad, which was founded by ex-Royal Marine Commando Pen Farthing after he befriended a stray dog while serving in Helmand in 2006, to be evacuated to the UK.... The charity has an animal shelter and veterinary clinic in Kabul where Mr Farthing has refused to leave his team of 24 Afghan nationals, including women who have trained as vets but are now fearing for their future under the Taliban’s rule. The campaign-backed by celebr

" We will assess the information provided by the trustees to determine whether or not there is a role for the Commission," it said in a statement provided to the BBC.... Farthing tells of joy as rescue workers escape Pen Farthing through airport security with animals Minister offers help to get charity out of Kabul Leading charities lawyer Edwina Turner at Anthony Collins solicitors says this can be" a crisis point" in the life of a charity.... " One question they[ Nowzad] would need an answer

Their case has become a major story in Britain, whose public is renowned for their love of animals, and led to regular questions for senior ministers, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson.... They do their cause no good," he wrote. Johnson, whose wife Carrie is an animal rights campaigner, said he had absolutely no influence on any particular case.... Truly would like to go home now," he said.( Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)....

The head of the UK's biggest cat charity has stepped down after an extraordinary welfare row with its chairman, whom he learnt was keeping 18 cats in her three-bedroom house. Charles Darley, who was three months into a 12-month contract as the interim chief executive of Cats Protection, said the number of pets being kept by Linda Upson had long horrified senior staff. Cats are considered to be solitary animals, and research by Cats Protection has found that insufficient space in a multi-cat hous

Animal welfare campaigners have credited Carrie Johnson for providing hope that a former Royal Marine will be able to airlift his animal shelter staff and 200 dogs and cats out of Afghanistan. Paul Farthing, known as Pen, founded the Nowzad shelter in Kabul after serving with the British Army in Afghanistan in the mid-2000s, with the organisation rescuing dogs, cats and donkeys. Following the fall of the country to the Taliban, Mr Farthing has been campaigning to have his Afghan staff, their fam

Pen Farthing founded Nowzadafter befriending a stray dog while serving in Helmand province in 2006 and the charity now has a shelter and veterinary clinic in Kabul.... So what was the point in the last 20 years?... Nowzad has reunited more than 1, 600 soldiers with stray dogs and cats they have rescued on the front line since it was founded....

Two weeks after the Afghan capital fell to the hands of the Taliban, the remaining 67 staff have been evacuated to Pakistan.... " The Nowzad staff are now safely in Islamabad and in the care of the British High Commission!... " I am so bloody happy right now!...

Pen Farthing's mission to transport rescue animals from Afghanistan back to the UK as the Taliban took over will be examined by the Charity Commission. The former Royal Marine launched Operation Ark to evacuate his charity's staff members, their families and the animals in its care.Mr Farthing's charity, Nowzad, raised more than ￡200, 000 from supporters in days for the evacuation effort and insists it acted correctly.Mr Farthing arrived in the UK along with over 170 cats and dogs via a privatel

Emails shared with the Foreign Affairs Committee show an official in Foreign Office minister Lord Goldsmith’s private office telling colleagues on August 25 “ the PM has just authorised their staff and animals to be evacuated ”.... Prime Minister Boris Johnson rides in the back seat of a Government car( Victoria Jones/ PA)( PA Wire) A separate email from another Foreign Office official referred to the “ PM’s decision earlier today to evacuate the staff of the Nowzad animal charity ”.... They w

Mr Farthing, who founded animal charity Nowzad after serving in Afghanistan, has been campaigning to get his staff as well as his dogs and cats out of the country. Sky News reported that a charter plane had arrived in Kabul to collect the ex-Royal Marine commando and his rescue animals.On Friday, the Ministry of Defence( MoD) announced Mr Farthing and his animals were through airport security.In a tweet, the MoD said:" Pen Farthing and his pets were assisted through the system at Kabul airport b