UK Defence Secretary Clears Private Airlift for Animal Shelter from Kabul

Paul Farthing, also known as Pen Farthing, in an undated image from his animal shelter in Kabul, Afghanistan. PA Media

The defence secretary has cleared a private flight out of Kabul arranged by a British Royal Marine veteran who is determined to evacuate not only the staff who work at his animal shelter, but also some 200 cats and dogs.

Paul Farthing founded the Nowzad shelter after serving with the British Army in Afghanistan in the mid-2000s, to rescue dogs, cats, and donkeys.