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In November 2006, The Mayhew was contacted by the wife of a Royal Marine Commando serving with the British Forces in the small town of Nowzad in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. Whilst out on patrol, the Marines could not ignore the large number of dogs that had been left behind when many of the locals had fled the area. Roaming the empty streets seeking food and shelter, the less fortunate stray dogs were caught by the Afghan police and forced to fight for their captors’ entertainment. A small group of Marines, led by Sergeant “Penny” Farthing, began to feed and care for a few dogs that had found their way into the Marines’ camp. 
The first of many emails from Sergeant Farthing to Joy, our International Projects Officer, in November 2006 told how he had rescued two dogs and asked for “contact details for any pet/dog rescue centres in Afghanistan” that might be able to help. By mid-January 2007, however, the Marines had rescued 21 dogs, including two females with 14 puppies! Unfortunately, the Marines were due to move out of Nowzad on 2nd February and they could not take the dogs with them. If left behind, the dogs would surely die from starvation, the cold or the Taliban’s daily attacks. Their only chance was an animal shelter in northern Afghanistan, but that’s two days’ drive through enemy territory, over snow-covered mountain ranges, through Taliban check-points … Will the Nowzad dogs make it? To find out what happened, click here.
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