The Prime Minister previously said it was ‘complete nonsense’ that he had intervened to rescue the animals.
In August last year the Government was accused of prioritising the evacuation while resources for getting people out of the country were limited. A Foreign Office whistleblower said clearance for the rescue operation meant capacity was used up at the airport for animals cared for by the Nowzad rescue charity.The shelter’s founder, Pen Farthing, furiously denied this, saying no British military resources were used to help his team, which left on a private chartered flight. But an email sent on August 25 by a Foreign Office official during the airlift, released by the Commons foreign affairs committee today, suggests Johnson played a role.Goldfish have a reputation as short-lived creatures, but given proper care, they can live as long as 30 years in captivity. The oldest captive goldfish ever recorded was won at a fair in 1956 and died in 1999 at age 43.
Sent to the department’s ‘special cases’ team, the official says the animal charity has ‘received a lot of publicity’.
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It said the PM ‘has just authorised their staff and animals to be evacuated’ and that another animal charity ‘are hoping to be treated in the same capacity’.
This appears to support claims made last year by Foreign Office whistleblower Raphael Marshall, who said the department ‘received an instruction from the Prime Minister’ to use ‘considerable capacity’ to help Nowzad’s animals. He added: ‘There was a direct trade-off between transporting Nowzad’s animals and evacuating British nationals and Afghans evacuees, including Afghans who had served with British soldiers.’The Prime Minister said this was ‘complete nonsense’ and praised the successes of the airlift, which saw 15,000 British citizens and eligible Afghans pulled out of Kabul in two weeks. Nowzad volunteer Dominic Dyer, who managed the charity’s evacuation, told Metro.co.uk: ‘Clearly the evidence released by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee confirms what I have been saying. ‘Boris Johnson was involved from the beginning, he gave it his strong support as a humanitarian rescue mission for people, yes, we had animals in the hold of the aircraft, but this was primarily about people.Stop Dog Hair From Clogging the Drain With a Baby Wipe. When you bathe your dog does their hair end up clogging up your drain? Use a baby wipe to help stop the dog hair from clogging it up.
‘He took the right decision it and he can be very proud that he did so and saved lives as a result and those people are now living in Britain outside the horrors of Afghanistan. It’s a shame that it’s taken this process to get to the truth of the matter.INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOUR PET: While other pets have positive effects on your health as well, dogs have the added benefit of needing to be walked and played with numerous times a day. This means most dog owners get the recommended minimum 30 minutes of exercise a day, lowering their risk of cardiovascular disease and keeping them in better overall shape.
‘I have always been very, very pleased and grateful for what he did. There’s a lot of stuff being thrown at him and I’m not going to add to it.
‘What he did made a huge difference and I’m very grateful that the truth has emerged and it supports my version of events, because it can be dark and lonely out there.
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‘The children are going to school, the people concerned are being trained to work as vets and veterinary nurses in animal care, who we desperately need in this country. That’s what we called for from the beginning.
‘The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the British Veterinary Association had called on the Prime Minister from the beginning for that.INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOUR PET: Stray dogs in Russia have learned how to ride the complex subway system, and get off at specific stops in search of food.
‘I’m very pleased in the end that the operation was very successful as a result. I’m very proud of what I and everyone else involved did and I’m very grateful to the Prime Minister.’
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