Just to follow up on the multiple stories we’ve been posting on the abandoned service dogs at the Kabul airport, many are concerned that the Taliban will slaughter the animals:
Dogs face slaughter after being abandoned to Taliban as troops flee Afghanistanhttps://t.co/LFLp0LcJbr pic.twitter.com/7tFdfvzvfX
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 1, 2021
Especially so for the service dogs which are easily identifiable:
I want to mention… many of the dogs dumped by the US government at the airport were wearing military dog tags. They are most at risk of torture by the Taliban. Somewhere on my feed is video of dogs wearing these tags. #OperationHercules #NoPawsLeftBehind #KabulSmallAnimalRescue
— Charlotte Laws (@CharlotteLaws) September 1, 2021
According to Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, the woman who runs the shelter, “about 50” of the dogs were dropped off by security contractors who were working for U.S. interests. From Stars and Stripes:
The fate of the animals, about 50 of which Maxwell-Jones described as working dogs abandoned by contractors who supported the U.S. mission, remains unknown.
But in a plot twist of sorts, there’s a report out from RT’s Murad Gazdiev that says the Taliban plan to rescue the dogs and put them back to work:
The Taliban’a commander of Kabul airport tells us US troops let their service dogs free as they evacuated.
The dogs are being rounded up, and the Taliban plans to, in an ironic twist, put them back into service for the Islamic Emirate.
(No, they weren’t sentenced to death) pic.twitter.com/0tmGqwB9lp
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradGazdiev) September 1, 2021
They have helicopters, vehicles and guns, why not use these assets, too?
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Related:
ICYMI==> Video appears to show some of the abandoned service dogs walking around the Kabul airport https://t.co/XC2YR0InmQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 1, 2021
'It's a defamatory lie': Glenn Beck FIRES BACK at @VetSheepdogsUS over claim he 'decommitted' funds to rescue the Kabul service dogs https://t.co/ETxndI28Q0
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 31, 2021
SPCA International says the rescued dogs in Kabul were released 'into the airport' and are now running loose https://t.co/5KWRPqF91I
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 31, 2021
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