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. In 2022, KSAR managed to get 286 dogs and cats out to Canada to begin new lives there. And they did it again back in June 2024, sending cats and dogs to the USA this time (some going to Canada, miaow miaow). You can see them on... Now, they need help with their staff salaries and facilities/rent for January 2025 (and on-going) so if you can donate, please do - these people are bending over backwards to help the animals needing help in Kabul and looking after those who for various reasons need to stay in Kabul and cannot travel such as the elderly, bless them all. In late January 2025, they have nearly 300 animals in residence, and they've got 95 full time staff including vets and vet techs. The vet teams are on call 24/7 to treat emergency cases for free and they can co-ordinate arrangements for urgent animal pick-ups countrywide! And they need help! How you can help KSAR help the animals! KSAR has a May appeal to cover the salaries for the people who work so hard to look after the animals in their care. The nearly 100 full time employees, including vets, vet techs, caretakers, administrative, finance, HR, and procurement staff. The appeal hit its target of $27,500.00! KSAR has an appeal for rent in May 2025 - the cost off all their facilities are going to rise over the coming months. KSAR is locking in 5 year leases so they will have more stability and security in the future. They also have to pay some rental costs upfront. They will be posting further fundraisers for the lease extension costs. Please find out more and donate here. KSAR have a Veterinary Medicine appeal for $10,000 to raise funds to buy a large batch of medications from a wholesaler for their patients. These will include anesthesia medications, anti-nausea meds, and antibiotics. Find out more - the target has been met, which is great news but at the time of writing, it's still open for donations. KSAR also have a Donkey Care appeal to help them care for three donkeys which have come into their hands. Muffin, Biscuit, and Cookie can retire in peace with KSAR who are consulting with equine vets and working to improve the donkeys' health. They are working on a stable for them at one of the smaller Kabul shelters to stay at while they recover. KSAR are building them a stable with their livestock sanctuary in Parwan province - and then they can enjoy some time there when they don't need veterinary care every day. The target of $3,000.00 has been reached but you can still donate. Find out more and donate here. You can support them on Patreon with a monthly donation and vote for them (and donate if you can) on MyGivingCircle
From June 2024 and the KSAR All Paws Airlift 2024 What an incredible achievement to get 194 and 100 cats from Kabul to the USA and off to new lives! Well done, everyone! It was amazing to see a car park at Pender Pet Rescue (and a huge thank you to them for their very important role in all of this) with all 294 cats and dogs in foster, in their new homes or safely in rescue around the USA and Canada. What an effort - so many people involved and supporting from so many countries - it really shows what people can do for animals when they pull together. Check the Facebook page for updates, help still needed and news! A special appeal for MissionK9 in Houston, Texas, who help retired military working dogs - their mission is to help Military Working Dogs, Contract Working Dogs, and other Dogs who Serve - they have taken a number of the working dogs from Kabul for the Kabul Small Animal Rescue, and they had a very long drive to pick them up from Washington DC. If you can make a donation to help them with their costs, please do. At a time when many are thinking of the D-Day landings, this could be a way to acknowledge and thank all those dogs and other animals who served in World War Two. You can donate to Mission K9 on their website. Thank you.
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. Finally...
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. Let's get those waggy tails and purring beauties off to a new life and help KSAR help more animals back in Kabul. 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 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. And 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"
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