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Several of the animals airlifted out of Kabul by a former Royal Marine were infected with diseases that could be passed to humans, Government sources said last night.
Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing was accused by critics of ‘costing lives’ as a result of his mission in August to evacuate 173 cats and dogs from the Nowzad animal shelter as Afghanistan’s capital city fell to the Taliban.
A leaked voice message obtained by The Mail on Sunday at the time revealed the behind-the-scenes bitterness over the airlift, with Mr Farthing telling a Ministry of Defence official he would ‘spend the rest of my time f****** destroying’ him if he did not secure clearance for a flight out of the country.
Several of the animals airlifted out of Kabul (pictured) by a former Royal Marine were infected with diseases that could be passed to humans, Government sources said last night
Now sources at the Department for Environment, Food and
