"These brave dogs do the same dangerous, lifesaving work as our military working dogs, and deserved a far better fate than the one to which they have been condemned," Ganzert wrote.Īn American Humane spokesperson explained to Insider that reports the group received from people on the ground in Kabul, including members of the US military, were that the group of animals being left behind included contract working dogs.Ī statement from SPCA International, citing information provided by Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, who founded Kabul Small Animal Rescue, said that "the dogs and their caretakers were explicitly NOT allowed to board military aircraft, and numerous private charter aircraft were not granted access to the airport either." military contract working dogs to be tortured and killed at the hand of our enemies." She said that she is "devastated by reports that the American government is pulling out of Kabul and leaving behind brave U.S. The military statements follow a strongly worded statement on Monday from Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of the animal-rights group American Humane, condemning what she called a "death sentence" for contract working dogs. "None were left behind," they said.Ī defense official told Insider that claims the US left military working dogs behind are "absolutely false."Īnother official told USA Today's Matt Brown that "all our working dogs left with their handlers. A defense official said the same thing to Insider.Ī State Department spokesperson told Defense One that all of its working dogs were also evacuated. Photos circulating are not of military working dogs," Marine Corps Forces Central Command tweeted Tuesday, using the hashtag for Hamid Karzai International Airport.
The Joint Task Force-Crisis Response, which helped facilitate evacuations out of Kabul, "did not leave any dogs at #HKIA.
The Pentagon spokesperson Eric Pahon said in a statement that "despite an ongoing complicated and dangerous retrograde mission, US forces went to great lengths to assist the Kabul Small Animal Rescue as much as possible," adding that the dogs the group cared for were, to his knowledge, strays from Kabul, not working dogs in any capacity. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. "Photos circulating online were animals under the care of the Kabul Small Animal Rescue, not dogs under our care," he explained, referring to a veterinary and animal rescue operation in the Afghan capital.
Military did not leave any dogs in cages at Hamid Karzai International Airport, including the reported military working dogs," the Pentagon press secretary John Kirby tweeted on Tuesday. The Pentagon is pushing back on claims the US military left working dogs behind when it departed the airport in Kabul after photos of dogs in cages at the airport went viral and an animal-welfare organization accused the military of sentencing them to death by abandoning them. See more stories on Insider's business page. The Pentagon insists it did not leave dogs in its charge at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Photos of dogs in cages at Kabul airport have led to allegations the US left service dogs behind.Īn animal-welfare group said that the US gave a "death sentence" to working dogs. A US service member with a US military working dog in Afghanistan.
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