Operation Ark, Pen Farthing
Operation Ark, Pen Farthing
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Operation Ark
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Author: Pen Farthing

Narrator: Kerry Hutchinson

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/19/2024

Synopsis

Operation Ark was always about people and animals. Pen Farthing’s actions were nothing short of heroic. - Ricky Gervais   67 People. 171 Animals. Getting out was only half the battle.   August 2021. The Taliban invaded Kabul.   The British Government was Missing in Action.   The evacuation was disastrous, shambolic and deadly.   Pen Farthing refused to abandon his charity’s staff or rescue animals. Operation Ark was born.   He was branded a villain who valued “pets over people”, blamed for deserting Afghans, accused of risking British soldiers – nothing could be further from the truth.

About Pen Farthing

Pen Farthing is an ex-Royal Marine Commando, founder of animal welfare charity Nowzad and author of Sunday Times bestseller, 'One Dog At A Time'. While on tour in Afghanistan, Pen Farthing broke up an organised dogfight. Shocked by the experience, he founded the animal welfare charity Nowzad. For nearly two decades, Nowzad worked closely with coalition forces and the local community to provide lifesaving animal welfare, rabies prevention, and education for female vets. He was CNN’s Hero of the Year 2014 and was awarded the 2024 RSPCA Branch Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animal Welfare. Pen and Nowzad continue to work in Afghanistan and now Ukraine.

About Kerry Hutchinson

Kerry's previous notable titles include; The Language Puzzle, The Politics of Time, A Day Ahead of the Devil, An Evil Shadow Falls, Scimitar into Stanley. He is a voice actor whose work spans many disciplines. His commercial and corporate work includes; Games Workshop, Shades of Vengeance Games, various corporates, documentaries, TV and radio commercials. Before being a full-time audiobook narrator he spent many years in the British military. He led a specialist infantry team in Afghanistan on four combat deployments with the US Marine Corps 20009-2014, and led teams in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, assessing Host Nation disaster management response.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Audra

This story is incredible. When it was all happening in 2021, it was difficult to comprehend how bad it really was. And how Pen Farthing was continually positioned as the villain was just shameful. An absolute hero in my humble opinion.......more

Goodreads review by Zoe

Read this in a day. Couldn't put it down. Gripping account of the 2021 evacuation of Kabul, told from the point of view of the Nowzad animal charity. The courage and compassion of the Nowzad team contrast sharply with the complacency and inaction of those in the Johnson administration. How do you g......more

Goodreads review by Veronica

This did capture headlines, but for the wrong reasons. Pen Farthing was accused of putting “pets over people” by the U.K. Givernment. Not once did they check the true facts in order to find out the truth. The plane that was eventually allowed to fly Pen and the cats and dogs out of Afghanistan was p......more

Goodreads review by Karenina

Pen Farthing has had to back up everything written in this book to avoid being sued. Claret Press came up against a brick wall when it came to publicising. The bravery and determination of one man and some dedicated people put American and British politicians to shame. And it is beyond comprehension......more

Goodreads review by Steve

An extraordinary true account of the Nowzad animal charity’s evacuation of staff and animals during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. This is how the events really unfolded, written with candour and clarity by the man at the heart of it all. It sets the record straight and comp......more

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