LONDON: About 200 stray dogs and cats have finally been shipped from Afghanistan to Britain.
According to details, Pan Farthing, a former British Navy officer, landed at London’s Heathrow Airport on a private chartered plane carrying his animals, but left behind the staff of Nawzad, an organization for stray dogs and cats in Afghanistan. went.
Pan Farthing had a massive campaign to get about 200 dogs and cats out of Afghanistan, he was at the airport with his animals at the time of the Kabul suicide bombings, and he was a child, because US President Joe Biden He was stopped at the gate just two hours ago due to a change in travel document rules, and returned shortly before the blasts.
The whole affair has sparked a new debate in the UK, and human rights have been criticized for prioritizing animal life over animal rights at a time when the eviction of Afghan citizens is under way. Campaigning for is considered a waste of time and energy.
Blast: A former British soldier was also present at Kabul airport with 200 animals
“What would you think if I sent an ambulance to rescue my dog ​​instead of rescuing your mother?” We used so many personnel and resources to bring in 200 dogs that my spokesman’s entire family might be killed.
But Farthing and his supporters say no one’s seat was snatched or government resources were used for the evacuation, but British government officials are outraged by the whole incident, the defense minister said. Ben Wallace said the military should have given priority to humans over pets.
Pan Farthing’s colleague Dominic Dyer says Afghan officials at the NGO Nawzad were not allowed to enter the airport by Taliban officials, even though they had documents to come to Britain.
It should be noted that Farthing served in Afghanistan for 15 years and then set up a newborn organization for stray dogs and cats. He launched a campaign on social media and through interviews with various media outlets, even at a time when there was a commotion at Kabul airport, and his fellow British government. Were.