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!

MYA

Gentle Mya from Afghanistan certainly struck gold with her family. Happily settled and now living the dream this adorable girl spends her days and weekends exploring the beach or forests on exciting walks and loving many adventures with her new family. She loves playing with her toys, a trip out... Read more

ANNIE

Our beautiful serene Annie from Ukraine is just loving life with her new family. This gentle girl has really struck gold and is quickly learning some tricks from her Afghan sister. Both girls are having fun with their fabulous playing and bed swaps! Trips to the beach, strolls along the shore... Read more

DINA

Gentle kind Dina is truly living the dream with her special family. Her Mum waited patiently for her and was so happy to finally meet her. From the moment they met it was love on both sides. No more lonely days for this beautiful soul, she is loved beyond measure and embracing her new life.... Read more

MOLLY

Sweet little Molly is settling into her new home with our gentle Afghan boy Patch. From the moment they met Patch took her under his wing and Molly is really loving being part of this very special family. She is playing and following her new brother around and things really don’t get... Read more

GEORGIE

Lovely Georgie from Afghanistan is happily settling in with her family and enjoying her first Summer home in the peaceful British countryside. Making friends wherever she goes, life just doesn’t get better than this for this sweet gentle girl. Georgie has really come up trumps and we... Read more

JOEY

Our gorgeous boy Joey is really settling well with his family. This intelligent little fella is embracing this new chapter and truly living his best life. He really has struck gold and we love seeing this amazing dog blossom. His fabulous family says….. He’s such a lovely dog,... Read more

BERTIE

Bertie finally found his forever home. After a tough start for a couple of years living life on a chain he was rescued by Nowzad and although it took a while to rehabilitate him he finally was ready for adoption. Slowly transitioning to his new life he continues to warm the hearts of his new... Read more

KAF

“KAF” was found by a contractor working for the US military on the airfield in Kandahar down in southern Afghanistan. As you can see from the photo the contractor could not ignore those innocent little eyes and after some fairly complicated logisitics we were able to transport... Read more

Char Badmashis

The famous “Badmashis” as they were known to the Nowzad clinic team means the "four hooligans" in Dari; as that is what they were! Four siblings that caused untold mischief whilst in the shelter. Found by four UK soldiers who were determined to rescue them, we managed... Read more

Arhem

Arnhem was found on the 17th September 2008 (the 64th anniversary of the battle of Arnhem, hence the name) by lads from the UK Pathfinders. She was seen at the side of the road by a member of the passing patrol, looking miserable and very poorly. The lads stopped, scooped her up and... Read more

FUBAR

FUBAR was found alone and freezing by Dutch Marines on patrol, and they knew there was no way they could just leave that poor pup there. Keeping her warm in the foot-well of the armoured vehicle FUBAR was taken back to their base where they looked after her as best she could. FUBAR... Read more

Nowzad, Tali and Jenna

The dog rescue that started it all! Pen takes up the story….”When we first arrived in the town of ‘Now Zad’ in Helmand Province in 2006 I broke up a dog fight that was taking place right outside our remote compound. What I didn’t know was that one of those... Read more

Daft

Daft was born and then raised in Western Afghanistan by the soldier that had found him. Without a doubt this pup had landed on his feet with lots of enjoyable left over military rations and kept in the warm accommodation overnight. The soldier was in no rush to be separated from Daft and... Read more

Gimpy & Bear

However one of the soldiers who has just arrived had become very attached to Gimpy so he made it his mission to keep her hidden whilst nearly all of the other dogs were sadly put to sleep. Gimpy though had become pregnant and soon gave birth. The soldier did his best to look after Gimpy... Read more

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

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