Update: Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby disputes that photos circulating online represented stranded "military working dogs" in cages at the Kabul airport, but instead were animals "under the care of Kabul Small Animal Rescue."
To correct erroneous reports, the U.S. Military did not leave any dogs in cages at Hamid Karzai International Airport, including the reported military working dogs. Photos circulating online were animals under the care of the Kabul Small Animal Rescue, not dogs under our care.
— John Kirby (@PentagonPresSec) August 31, 2021
Journalist Jack Posobiec responded to Kirby's clarification:
Yeah we already know they got let out of the cages after you denied their evac flight
— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) August 31, 2021
We have video of them now roaming stray on the tarmac as the Taliban approach https://t.co/0mNmejzIuO
Approximately 130 dogs were left behind in Kabul according to the SPCA.
250 Americans remain stranded behind enemy lines.
Original story follows:
An animal rights activist group released a scathing statement after finding out the United States left contracted service dogs behind at the Kabul, Afghanistan airport, condemned the government for sentencing the dogs to "death."
The United States Military departed Afghanistan on Monday and concluded the nearly 20 year long military presence in the country after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
After discovering the service dogs were left behind, American Humane released a statement and said, "These brave dogs do the same dangerous, lifesaving work as our military working dogs, and deserved a far better fate than the one to which they have been condemned."
The American government is pulling out of #Kabul and leaving behind brave U.S. military contract working dogs to be tortured and killed at the hand of our enemies. We stand ready to bring them home! Read our CEO @RobinGanzert's full statement: https://t.co/IKhBkm4B7a pic.twitter.com/ItFlthDTAi
— American Humane (@AmericanHumane) August 30, 2021
"As the country's first national humane organization and largest certifier of animal welfare in the world, it sickens us to sit idly by and watch these brave dogs who valiantly served our country be put to death or worse," the statement read. "In order to prevent this tragedy from occurring, these K-9's should be loaded into whatever cargo space remains and flown to safety."
The animal rights group demanded members of congress take action and "classify contract working dogs on the same level as military working dogs," or it would become "a condemnation of us all."
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