An animal rights group has criticized the Biden administration after accusing the U.S. military of leaving its hired dogs in Afghanistan before leaving Kabul, but the military backwards, making the reports “erroneous”.
“I am devastated by reports that the US government is withdrawing from Kabul and leaving behind brave working dogs with US military contracts to be tortured and killed at the hands of our enemies,” the president said in a statement. and CEO of American Humane, Robin Ganzert.
“These brave dogs do the same dangerous and life-saving work as our military working dogs and deserve a much better fate than those who have been condemned.”
Ganzert said his organization “has worked side by side with the military for more than 100 years to rescue military animals,” adding that the group “takes home retired military working dogs and pairs veterans with stray dogs.” lifeguard service “.
The animal activist called on Congress to act.
“We call on Congress to take steps to classify hired working dogs at the same level as military working dogs. Doing nothing less is a failure of humanity and a condemnation of all of us,” Ganzert added.
However, a military spokesman later discussed the allegation, telling The Post that he had not been left with a “military working dog”.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Karen Roxberry, a spokeswoman for U.S. Central Command, said in an email that the “priority mission of the military was to evacuate vulnerable U.S., SIV and Afghan citizens.” .
Roxberry then considered the reports to be “erroneous.”
“The photos circulating online were animals under the care of the Little Animal of Kabul
Rescue, not dogs under the care of the U.S. military, ”he said.
“Despite a complicated and dangerous retrograde mission underway, U.S. forces did their best to help rescue small animals from Kabul,” Roxberry added.