Former Rescues

All of our Nowzad former street dogs or cats will need a home where love and patience walk hand in hand.

It can be a long road of trial and error and careful supervision is always necessary. Overcoming the Afghan animal’s very territorial nature can have its moments.

We have fully come to appreciate that adopting an Afghan animal is not for everybody as it requires a life time of commitment but could you be the loving home our companion animals are looking for?

All our animals for adoption are vaccinated, neutered, tick flea & wormed & microchipped.

The team at Nowzad feel it is very important to ensure that you and your family / home situation is right for the dog or cat you are considering adopting. Please be as honest with us as you can when you complete the questionnaire. Some of our older dogs or cats that need ‘forever’ homes may not readily accept other dogs that are already living in your home but our younger dogs will settle with the correct introduction and supervision.

These are just a selection of the amazing rescues that the Nowzad team with your generous support, have been able to achieve since the charity was formed in 2007. Please click on a rescue to read more.

Be the difference and the life for a dog or cat starting today!

Calliou

Calliou had been found all alone near to the base at a very young age and was taken in by soldiers who cared for her and nursed her to full health. Calliou was named after a fallen comrade of her new adopted soldier so to leave her behind was just never going to be an option and after... Read more

FET

FET was made known to us by a US Marine in early October 2010. FET was found abandoned on the side of the road by a patrol in southern Afghanistan; without hesitation the Marines scooped her up and brought her back to the US forward operating base. She got her name from the... Read more

Dexter

Back in the August of 2010 young Dexter as he became to be called was found out in the desert of southern Afghanistan no more than around 4 weeks of age. The Royal Marines who found him immediately took him in and he was transported from place to place on a quad bike tucked away safely... Read more

FIFA

FIFA was born in southern Afghanistan in the summer of 2010. At around 3 weeks old she was found by a Canadian soldier starving and dehydrated and her mother was nowhere to be seen. She would have almost certainly of died if the soldier had not come along when he did. FIFA... Read more

Dave the dog

Dave was found by a Royal Marine in Southern Afghanistan when he was a very young pup. Poor Dave had suffered the fate of many dogs here in Afghanistan; his tail and ears had been cruelly docked. For Dave though he landed on his feet when Royal Marines out on patrol saw him being... Read more

Mo

We were contacted about Mo by an American soldier serving in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan. They had found the little critter as a pup when out training in preparation for a patrol. There was no way the American lads could just leave the scared looking hungry pup out there on his own and... Read more

Dutch

This is the story of Dutch who found by a British contractor in Afghanistan in a por state of health attempting to fend for himself in the harsh surroundings of Afghanistan. Cam (the contractor) took Dutch into his home and all was going well until Dutch fell ill with distemper. Sadly... Read more

Sabot & Trigger

Sabot and Trigger came to our attention during early 2010. Both dogs had been given a once in a lifetime lucky break when noticed by a passing American patrol. The soldiers had watched dumbstruck as the two dogs had been thrown on to a trash pile by local Afghans. Out of compassion and a sense... Read more

Jody

A Canadian soldier was tasked with taking the garbage out to the trash – not knowing that it would change his life forever. There amongst the rubbish in the waste pit he could see a little puff of fur trying to find tiny scraps of meat to eat from a rotting chicken bone that had been... Read more

Tiny

Tiny was born on a US forces base in Orgun-E in Afghanistan and as the tiniest of the litter of pups born to feral on the base she was named Tiny! Sadly the litter suffered from worms and all but Tiny died including the mom. The US soldiers teamed up and helped raise Tiny together... Read more

Poppy & Maxchat

Poppy was found at the side of the road next to her 2 dead siblings in Basrah, Iraq when she was so young. Her mum was nowhere to be seen so contractor Adam and his team picked her up and took her back to their base. They could not bear to think she would suffer the same fate. Maxchat came... Read more

Hera

Hera had been adopted by British Soldiers in Southern Afghanistan who had sadly found her being used as a football by some local children. They politely took Hera (named after the Greek Goddess of Women) from the children and transported her back to base where they nursed her back to... Read more

Bear & Buddy

On their third day defending a hilltop in a major Taliban-controlled area, a unit of American soldiers were on a patrol in a nearby village. They found a nine-week-old puppy in a bombed-out building. He was shaking, dehydrated, and hungry. He had no tail and no ears. Bear, along with another... Read more

Henry & Anthony

Nowzad first ever cat rescue! One morning the English contractors woke to hear a constant meowing coming from outside their front door. There they found a tiny skinny black kitten with an injured back leg that he could not use. Although he was weak with starvation he was very noisy and... Read more

Kandy & Junior

Kandy was a young pup who was found when probably around about 6 weeks old, rummaging through a rubbish tip in Kandahar looking for scraps of food. Luckily for the starving pup the contractor took her back to his compound and cleaned her up as she was severely malnourished and very... Read more

Kilo

In 2009 Kilo was named after the British Army unit that found her wandering as a pup on Camp Souter, an Army base in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan. For the soldiers who took turns in looking out for Kilo she was their five minutes of normality and positive precious moments during a... Read more

Shola & Gus

Shola was first found on the streets of Afghanistan by an ex-pat probably just a few days after Shola had been hit by a car, the result being a broken leg. Thankfully the ex-pat immediately took the dog to Nowzad where the break was fortunately easily treated and Shola soon recovered after a... Read more

Guiseppe

Guiseppie is one of the most pampered cats we think ever came through the Nowzad shelter. A contractor had adopted him in early 2010 and quickly decided that Guiseppie would go to the USA when her contract was finished. When Guiseppie arrived at Nowzad for his vaccinations and preparations... Read more

Lexi

Cpl Day found a young female pup abandoned on the side of the road. His photograph of Lexi being carried back to camp became the iconic cover photo for our Nowzad charity – it symbolised the mission we undertake to assist as many soldiers as we can rescue the companion animals they have... Read more

Peg & Private Conrad Lewis

In April 2011 Nowzad received a plea from the father of soldier Pte Conrad Lewis, who had been sadly killed in action early in 2011. Conrad had told his family at Christmas he wanted to bring his dog called Pegasus, home with him when he finished his tour and now his father wanted to... Read more

Wylie

We are not going to say too much about Wylie – this special dog from Kandahar has had some amazing adventures and you could read all about them and help the charity by buying the book that tells his ‘tail’ here Read more

Cristo & Pablo

Cristo and Pablo’s owner asked Nowzad for help in February 2011. Cristo and Pablo were another 2 cats that enjoyed a fairly safe existence living in an aircraft hangar on a US base but their adopted soldier wanted to give them a better life and bring them back to the USA. At the... Read more

The Famous Five

Tambah, MJ, Trigger, Rosie and Zito were a litter of pups born on a base in Eastern Afghanistan and luckily for the Famous Five there were five soldiers each interested in adopting. Getting them all to the Nowzad shelter was a task but they safely made it and after vaccinations and... Read more

Snickers

Snickers came to the Nowzad shelter in March 2011. The soldier who adopted wrote; ”Snickers is from Afghanistan. US Marines took her away from the local nationals after one of us witnessed them kicking and throwing rocks at her. She was very skinny and extremely hungry. Marines... Read more

Alice & Panshir

Alice was found living outside a US Marine forward operating base in Garmsir and they then took care of the wayward young pup for about a month. But when the Marines found out they were about to receive an IED Detection Dog they were told that Alice had to go. Thankfully another unit of... Read more

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