Some of you may have visited the thread Melodi started on the Animal Rescue charities there.
WAR - Kabul Rescue Animal Evacuations updates - also other privately funded evacuations being stopped by the UK and US Governments
This is the latest statement on Charlotte Maxwell-Jones' charity, KSAR (Kabul Small Animal Rescue. She is an American lady Archaeologist turned animal charity head. We tried. We tried so damned hard to get this lady on a bird and WH and State turned her back. I have no words fit for polite company right now. ANd please spare the people over pets thing. We did it to death over there.
Puppy Rescue Mission
Puppy Rescue Mission
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Update note: Veteran Sheepdogs of America is still actively trying to fly the 50 working dogs out. They were not released per the reports we are receiving.
The past week has been incredibly intense and incredibly difficult.our support, Operation Hercules, and patience as our team has navigated obstacle after obstacle- challenge after challenge has been immense. You’ve seen a lot of things change, and we promise you that there were literally THOUSANDS of other changes we never talked about. When we say that things changed every time the wind blew, we mean it. You all answered the call every single time we put it out, helped us move mountains, get the ears of powerful people that could help us when the night was dark. You all have called us heroes on this platform, but as we all say “the magic is caring,” and you all cared so much and so deeply. The real heroes here are you.
We could not evacuate the rescue dogs. The Department of Defense made a policy decision and we were not the only organization this effected.
I assure you our inability to get these dogs out was not for lack of trying. Over the course of the week there were MANY charter flights booked and every single one fell apart for any reason you can think of. It was infuriating.. Even our last Hail Mary, Veteran Sheepdogs of America, have run into SUBSTANTIAL issues and problems. At the end, the military forcibly released all the rescue dogs as the last US plane was departing. To be clear they were not left in their cages to suffer.
Charlotte has chosen to remain in Kabul. She refused to give up one of the rescue puppies in order to get on a flight. She is no longer at the airport and kept with her one of the disabled puppies she tried to rescue as she headed out into the city.
Our staff: they are safe, and for their safety and the operational security of ongoing events- it’s all we can say at the moment. I’m sorry, I know people throw that term around alot, but there will be renewed rescue efforts starting on or about 2 September, and we need every available option at our disposable for these brave men and women.
Our cats: Now that I’ve had a second to breathe, let me give you the ground truth. I know you’ve read a lot. It’s been based on speculation. Our cats never cleared the gate of the airport despite many attempts to do so. We could not let them go and they are safe at Nowzad for now and will look at evacuating them out as things settle.
Throughout the course of the week, the people involved include Puppy Rescue Mission, War Paws, SPCA International, Human Society International H3 Foundation, Veteran Sheepdogs of America and countless individuals who dedicated nights of no sleep, hours on the phone managing hundreds of random things being thrown at them, and ever-changing needs. To the heroes all across NGOs, the US government, the Intel community who helped this cause but who we can’t name for OPSEC reasons, THANK YOU! So many of you helped us in the darkest of times.
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