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British soldiers were put at risk by the decision to evacuate animals from Afghanistan, the whistleblower claims.
Pen Farthing, a former Royal Marine, persuaded the Government to help him evacuate 170 dogs and cats from Kabul.
The animals had been looked after by his charity Nowzad.
But Raphael Marshall told MPs he agreed with the military that it was wrong that Mr Farthing's charity was given priority when translators were being left to their fate.
In his statement, the former Foreign Office civil servant says: 'There was no reason to believe the Taliban would target animal rights charities. There was therefore no justification for concluding Nowzad's staff were at significant risk.
'By contrast many others would inevitably be left behind who were at risk of murder. Similarly the protection of domestic animals was not a UK war aim in Afghanistan.'
Pen and Hannah Farthing with former Afghan fighting dog Nowzad and Tali Nowzad dogs charity, which rescues stray and abandoned
