AL BAWABA – Hitting the social media screens presently is the issue of the 130 dogs that were left behind at Kabul Airport.
CRUEL in KABUL: American Left in Afghanistan with 130 Rescue Dogs Blames DoD's ‘No-Fly Animal Policy’ | Sean Hannity https://t.co/5ys3aNVeYQ via @seanhannity
— TogetherWeServed (@TWSVeterans) September 2, 2021
These were kept in a shelter run by an American woman called Charlotte Maxwell Jones.
Organization working to rescue US military dogs left behind in Kabul https://t.co/czhZZS1gmG
— Carrie (@happiblnde) September 2, 2021
Once at the Airport she was stopped by US soldiers who told her she can’t take an injured puppy with her on the plane.
US gave ‘death sentence’ to working dogs stranded in Kabul, says animal rights group https://t.co/M0qCSAQB1f
— smiffy260849 (@smiffy260849) September 2, 2021
Consequently, the rest of the 130 crated dogs with her on the plane had to be taken off, and she went back to her home.
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— Melanie PR (@MelanieGraywolf) September 2, 2021
US woman left behind in Kabul with 130 rescue dogs thanks to DOD no-fly animal policy https://t.co/NJqIuAYi2g
In the end 46 dogs were saved through animal rights activists. US Department of Defence has a strict policy on pets and will not change.