Saving the Dogs of Afghanistan - one dog at a time!

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Win this portrait of Nowzad

Win this portrait of Nowzad

 

Tali on top of her kennel

One of Tali's pups at the rescue

And still our top ebayer

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Thank you!!!!!!!

The Nowzad Puppies

Dushka - we remember you buddy!

Jena

In Southern Afghanistan, where desert meets mountains, lies the small war torn town of Now Zad. 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. When their tour of duty in Afghanistan was over, the Marines couldn't leave the dogs behind.

With the fantastic support from fellow animal lovers the world over, they managed to rescue "Jena", "Nowzad", "Tali" and "Helmand" to safety in the US and UK and the Nowzad Dogs charity was formed, Registered Charity Number 1119185.

Over looking the town of Now Zad

The Nowzad Dogs have a special meaning for all us - they represent the dogs and animals of the world that have no voice and no hope.

 

One of the many stray dogs of Afghanistan that have no home, surviving on the odd scraps of food where ever it can find them.

We know that we cannot bring all the stray dogs of Afghanistan back to the UK but we can help support those soldiers who find themselves trying to look after the Afghan strays that seem to have no hope and by further funding the vital work of the Afghan rescue by helping them with their educational programme for children, free neutering programme for stray dogs and cats bought into the rescue and to help with the further welfare and local re-homing of rescued animals. We also support the Mayhew Animal Homes' training programme for vets from developing countries who are working to help the animals in their local communities.

We have started small but with your help we can only get bigger! Nobody involved with "Nowzad Dogs" is paid for their time - all the money you donate goes directly towards helping the dogs (and cats) in need while raising awareness of the problems that homeless dogs, wherever they are in the world, can and do face. Please click here to see how you can donate and help us.

Every little we do helps, because we are not just walking away and we hope you won't too.

Email us at "Nowzad Dogs" here


Fine art pet portraits and animal pictures by commission artist Sarah Gough.

Quote Nowzad when ordering a protrait and the charity will get £10!

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Nowzad Dogs is a registered charity number 1119185

Mission Statement: To relieve the suffering of animals, predominantly stray and abandoned dogs, in need of care, attention and to provide and maintain rescue facilities for the care and treatment of such animals, especially the dogs of Afghanistan.


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