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send a cheque payable to "Nowzad Dogs" to
PO
Box 193, Exmouth, EX8 3WU
stating
your dog's neck size and whether desert or green cam (small only) or
green with stars or purple with stars!
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rosie4cats
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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. |
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When
their tour of duty in Afghanistan was over, the Marines came home
but the dogs didn't, so the Nowzad Dogs charity was formed (Registered
Charity Number 1119185)
which is dedicated to continuing the Nowzad Dogs story - it is sad
and happy but always ongoing and always will be - please click here
to read more.
So
far and with a lot of help from our friends at the Mayhew Animal
Home in London (please see the link below) and with fantastic support
from fellow animal lovers the world over, we have managed to rescue
"Jena", "Nowzad" and "Tali" to safety
in the US and UK. The last surviving "Nowzad" puppy is
safely in quarantine in the UK and our latest rescue mission to get
"Blue" to the safety of the rescue is going well.
Email
us at
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The
Nowzad Dogs have a special meaning for all us - they represent the
dogs and animals of the world that have no voice. We know that we can
not bring all the stray dogs of Afghanistan back to the UK but we can
help to fund 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 Home's 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, where ever 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. |
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