An Animal Rescue Is Racing To Get Hundreds Of Pets Out Of Afghanistan Prior to Aug. 31

The workers at the Kabul Tiny Animal Rescue have been doing work all over the clock to pull off what feels like the difficult.

The mission? Fundraise at minimum $1.5 million for a cargo plane that can airlift much more than 200 pet dogs and cats, the rescue organization’s employees, and their family members out of the money safely and securely–all in less than a 7 days and while the Taliban is breathing down their necks.

The team is speeding to conquer the Aug. 31 deadline for the withdrawal of overseas troops from Afghanistan. If the workers are however on the ground when that deadline passes, “All bets are off,” Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, the American director and founder of the Kabul Little Animal Rescue, told NPR.

She is unsure what the condition of air journey will be after that point or whether any one would be able to leave the

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