In Southern Afghanistan, where desert meets mountains lies the small war torn town of Nowzad. Here during late 2006 a group of Royal Marines attempted to look after several stray dogs that had been abandoned by their owners. The choice of leaving them to fend for themselves was not an option, the dogs were scared, lonely and in a poor state of health. The dogs became the Marines’ companions for the 3 months they spent in the small town facing the daily threat of attack. The dogs became known as “Nowzad“, “Jena“, “RPG“, “AK“, “Tali“, “Dushka” and “Patches” . An Afghan dog’s life is not one of comfort at the best of times; most of the day is spent hunting for scraps of food or hiding from the hot desert sun during the summer and the freezing cold of an Afghan winter night. There is no pampered pet status in Afghanistan.
We went to a talk and slide show last night in Falmouth by the guy that started this & I have to say ‘maximum respect’
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A very moving talk & slide show it was too, an amazing act of kindness from these marines to these poor dogs.
Horah for Nowzad!