Kabul Small Animal Rescue
| The Kabul Small Animal Rescue in Afghanistan The Kabul Small Animal Rescue (KSAR) is a veterinary clinic and animal rescue based in Kabul, Afghanistan. Here's what they do (and I quote): "We provide routine care for owned animals as well as medical care and shelter to injured and orphaned street animals. We also find loving homes for homeless pets by providing adoption services both in Afghanistan and abroad. The majority of our patients and residents are dogs and cats, but we have also treated and provided sanctuary for livestock, birds, rabbits, and tortoises. Our full-service clinic is open and staffed by licensed veterinarians 24/7" In 2022, KSAR managed to get 286 dogs and cats out to Canada to begin new lives there. (More on that in a minute.) And they are about to repeat the exercise, sending dogs and cats to North America again Announcing the KSAR All Paws Airlift 2024. Fasten your seatbelts!! This summer, KSAR are chartering a plane to fly 200 dogs and 100 cats over to the USA from Afghanistan. This is literally a race against time to get 300 dogs and cats on a flight from Kabul in Afghanistan across the Atlantic to North America, where new homes and rescue placements are waiting for them.
You can also see videos relating to the Airlift 2024 here on You Tube. This won't be the first airlift KSAR have done. Back in 2022, they got 285 rescue waggy tails and purring beauties out to Canada (see their arrival below), where homes and rescue placements took them in and on. I will never forget the sight of the aircraft departing and taking off on the runway in Kabul, and the on-going journey to Vancouver. I’ll never forget the emotion in their Founder Charlotte’s voice and face. I don’t think I’ve ever tracked a journey so closely in my life (and I’m one of those people who like to track the flights of family members when they’re travelling to make sure the flight is on its way). The animals went from Kabul to Istanbul, from Istanbul to Iceland, and then on to Vancouver. They were checked by a veterinary team at each stage. And this was paid for by donors around the world, who just love cats and dogs and wanted a better life for them. And now it's time for the 2024 airlift And now in 2024, the KSAR urgently need our help again to do another airlift. The charter flight will depart on the 3rd June so there is very little time to make this happen. as the flight needs to be paid for by 27th May 2024. When the dogs and cats have arrived in North America, animal rescue centres are lined up to help look after them and to help them start their new lives.
Once the animals have gone, the rescue work will continue in Kabul Back in Kabul, once the dogs and cats have left, the KSAR team will have more time and space and funds to do a number of things. They will be able to improve the facilities for the animals who cannot leave on a flight but must stay with them. They need new diagnostic equipment and facilities. The rescue is working to improve animal welfare in Kabul and also the conditions of working dogs. Currently, the Kabul centre is absolutely flowing with barks and miaows, so the utterly exhausted team need space and time. The flight with the 300 cats and dogs on board will give them the chance to do these things. This flight MUST take off. We have GOT to get this flight airborne to North America with the cats and dogs on board, so that KSAR can focus on those still needing lots of help in Kabul (and hopefully have a bit of a break themselves) If you can, please donate to the appeal for the flight, called KSAR All Paws Airlift 2024. And if you want to do your own fundraiser, you can set up your own page with goals. Every bit matters, whether you give $6 or $60 or whatever. If you can't donate, please spread the word about this appeal. There is a whole army of people working really hard to make this take off happen, from administrators on both sides of the Atlantic to deal with all the inevitable paperwork, veterinary teams to make sure everyone is vaccinated, blood tested, and fit to fly. In North America, there is a huge effort underway to prepare for the arrival of these cats and dogs and their on-going transfer to their new lives. There’s a lot to do: networking, fundraising, securing adopters, fosters and rescue placements and transporters iwhen the cats and dogs land in the USA. There is tremendous goodwill on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world to make this happen, and no doubt there will be a lot of coffee and Red Bull being drunk, too, and tears being shed and hopes lifted. Everyone involved deserves the support of as many of us as possible. While you and I cannot be on the flight with the animals themselves, we can go on the journey with them and everyone of being a part of making this move happen. We can be with them in spirit, and we can give them our love, our support – and hopefully a donation. Please spread the word about this airlift. Get updates on their Facebook page here. Follow them on Twitter here. Check in with them on Instagram here. And fasten your seatbelts… get ready for #liftoff! Let's get those waggy tails and purring beauties off to a new life and help KSAR help more animals back in Kabul.
More info The Ksar All Paws Airlift 2024 will not be cheap. Apart from anything else, there’s the cost of the plane charter itself, travel crates, pre-travel medical testing, customs and import fees and in-flight medical personnel. This is all estimated to be $775,000 (roughly £616,775 according to Oanda Currency Converter on 7th May 2024). Email KSAR at [email protected] for inquiries about adoptions, fostering, rescue placement, or offers to volunteer in any capacity. And for everyone in Kabul working to look after the animals there,
Watch the videos on the Kabul Small Animal Rescue's Facebook page Kabul Small Animal Rescue are still in Kabul - please go to their Facebook page for updates and also to show your support. Watch the videos there! Charlotte and her team have risked their lives for these animals and I am in awe of their incredible courage and devotion, strength and care. There have been so many people and charities involved in this and it just shows what can be done when people pull together and work towards a goal for the good of others. Congratulations to everyone involved and thanks also to those who flew the aircraft - thank you for your skill, pilots and those on the ground - and everyone involved in seeing the aircraft in, on the ground and then into the air. Please visit the Kabul Small Animal Rescue Facebook page for updates - it will show you how to donate to this absolutely incredible organisation! Please be a part of this journey - it is just incredible and shows what courage Charlotte and her team and everyone involved have. There are still animals arriving needing help in Kabul and we can all help in one way or another. A huge thank you to everyone for all you've done for the cats and dogs - you're just incredible! This video still makes me cry - the plane taxiing from Kabul back on 31 January 2022. This is what it was like on board in the 2022 flight, thanks to the video from No Dogs Left Behind |
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the
staff and animals in Afghanistan.
Please keep safe.
Thank you for all you've done and do to look after the animals and care for them all