Thanks for those links LPC.
Blessings dear Fitas. Run free now and be happy.
Yes it was 2012 when Fitas got back to his unit, and he had spent months with the Taliban (whereas Colonel has been there over a year.)
From the article it is unclear how Fitas made his escape -whether he ran away or whether he was rescued. And it's almost certain we shall never know. There are locals who will co-operate to transport dogs within Afghanistan, for a fee, but what they do is incredibly risky and there has to be the utmost secrecy about it. There is usually a secret network of helpers who relay the dog between different places (information gleaned from Pen Farthing's book "One Dog At a Time -Saving the Strays of Helmand.")
I saw Fitas' foot. It looks swollen and infected. It seems as if the infection may have become systemic. No doubt they pumped him full of antibiotics, but the lack of early veterinary care probably had a lot to do with this wound turning very bad. His captors are likely not to have cared. But even if they did, there would have been little they could have done about it. Vet care for animals is almost non-existent in Afghanistan. However this is changing! The rescue centre in Kabul (Nowzad) brings in foreign vets and started a training programme for Afghan vets! There are a few good locals working there now and some of them women, (highly unusual!) which is a good step forward. An interest has sprung up in animal welfare there at least.
Blessings dear Fitas. Run free now and be happy.
Yes it was 2012 when Fitas got back to his unit, and he had spent months with the Taliban (whereas Colonel has been there over a year.)
From the article it is unclear how Fitas made his escape -whether he ran away or whether he was rescued. And it's almost certain we shall never know. There are locals who will co-operate to transport dogs within Afghanistan, for a fee, but what they do is incredibly risky and there has to be the utmost secrecy about it. There is usually a secret network of helpers who relay the dog between different places (information gleaned from Pen Farthing's book "One Dog At a Time -Saving the Strays of Helmand.")
I saw Fitas' foot. It looks swollen and infected. It seems as if the infection may have become systemic. No doubt they pumped him full of antibiotics, but the lack of early veterinary care probably had a lot to do with this wound turning very bad. His captors are likely not to have cared. But even if they did, there would have been little they could have done about it. Vet care for animals is almost non-existent in Afghanistan. However this is changing! The rescue centre in Kabul (Nowzad) brings in foreign vets and started a training programme for Afghan vets! There are a few good locals working there now and some of them women, (highly unusual!) which is a good step forward. An interest has sprung up in animal welfare there at least.
