A former British marine who evacuated 163 cats and dogs out of Kabul, Afghanistan, two weeks ago is exultant after his staff and their families made it across the Afghan land border on Sept. 11.
Paul Farthing, an ex-Marine who goes by the name Pen Farthing, arrived in London from Afghanistan on Aug. 29 with 94 dogs and 69 cats from his shelter on a privately-chartered plane after waging a media battle with the British Ministry of Defence to get his flight cleared.