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LONDON (AP) — A former U.K. Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Afghanistan with almost 200 rescued dogs and cats has flown to safety — with the animals, but without his charity’s Afghan staff, who were left behind in Kabul.
Pen Farthing was told it was not possible to find people to fill the seats on a privately funded charter flight.
The animal charity boss had chartered a private plane which was due to take off from Luton, but it was unable to do so due in the wake of an ISIS attack that killed 103 people.
Dominic Dyer was on the verge of tears as he told how the former Royal Marine had been turned away from Kabul airport after trying to leave with 69 Afghans and almost 200 dogs.