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Sadly, some of our rescues are no longer with us, after passing away in peace and comfort at our Donkey Sanctuary. It is the hardest life for a working animal in Afghanistan but at least these lucky few knew love and care in their final years. Gone but not forgotten - we are just forever thankful we could give them that. Thank you, Nowzad family, for caring.

In Memory of Shazada

Left to die on the side of the dirt track, a donkey that has only known hard labour her entire life is discarded like a piece of trash. An injured donkey was found abandoned by her callous former owner on the side of the road where she had collapsed, most likely to her old age as her front... Read more

In Memory of Samson

Sadly Samson is no longer with us as Father Time finally caught up with him. He has been with us since the beginning having been rescued from the streets of Kabul. He was extremely content to just spend his days grazing in the Nowzad donkey field or eating carrots back at the Nowzad donkey... Read more

In Memory of Shaheen

Shaheen, our beautiful young horse, came to the Sanctuary for treatment from his home with another NGO in 2022, and ended up staying for good so we could better treat his ongoing health problems. Shaheen had developed multiple skin tumours on his chest and legs which were proving... Read more

Purple

Purple came to us in early January 2024. He was found by our team covered in multiple open wounds all over his body and was quickly christened with his name, thanks to the colour of the wound spray we used on him. Very sadly, Purple had been overloaded with goods to take up and down... Read more

David

David was rescued by Nowzad as a calf in January 2018. He was living in one of the migrant camps on the outskirts of Kabul. Like many of the animals we came across when conducting welfare visits to these camps, David had open wounds all over his legs that were severely infected. Conditions at... Read more