KSAR: 22 Days

From Kabul Small Animal Rescue’s Facebook Page:

It has been three weeks since our dogs were seized by the US military and released onto the grounds of the Kabul airport instead of being allowed to go back to our clinic, following a series of failed charter evacuation flights. Our team remains on the ground and has been working non-stop to recover these dogs and support the Afghan staff at the airport who caught and are caring for working and rescue dogs that have not yet been released to us. We also work to ensure food and water are provided around the airport for those not yet caught. Our own staff are caring for the recovered dogs and newly rescued dogs at our clinic, including this group of happy puppies you see here.

In addition to the over 40 dogs we have recovered from the airport and the larger group still kenneled there, KSAR has rescued over two dozen additional dogs, several cats to add to our cadre of well over 70, two tortoises, three peacocks, two sheep, and are working on evacuation and re-homing plans for a group of bunnies and parrots (and yes, specialty vets, please keep it coming with the advice on exotic animals!). We could not have done this without the continued support of those patient animal lovers who have allowed us to quietly continue the daily painstakingly careful operations of coordinating with multiple governments and organizations as well as the Taliban, who are the de facto government in Afghanistan and control almost every aspect of life here in the city. Overland routes are not currently safe, especially with the greater presence of ISIS terrorists near the Pakistani border now, so we are hunkering down and waiting until flights are stable and plans can be approved by the many entities involved.

We are grateful that we have been able to turn part of the horrible tragedy at the airport into a blessing, which is to safely operate and continue to save lives when so many organizations have not been granted any safety or operational permissions, and we do not intend to squander these opportunities. We've been alerted to many animal rescue situations here in Kabul and have tried to respond to them to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so. We don't always see all the comments, so please message us with "KABUL RESCUE" in the beginning so our team can flag it. The more specific information on location, the better chance we have.

^ These group of people are truly amazing. Their FB post also has a very cute video.  ^