Royal Marine Sgt. Pen Farthing, the 2014 CNN Hero of the Year, poses for a picture with journalist Anderson Cooper in New York on Tuesday. A British soldier was named the 2014 CNN Hero of the Year on ...

If you’re the type of person who melts into a puddle of tears when people share those videos of soldiers coming home to their pets (and families), then former Royal Marine sergeant Pen Farthing is a ...

soldiers, who pay vast sums to take their new pets home. “Dogs have been proven to help post-traumatic stress and the soldiers who adopt them are addressing this,” said Pen Farthing, founder of ...

Editor’s Note: Pen Farthing was named the 2014 CNN Hero of the Year. Since 2007, he and his group have helped reunite more than 800 soldiers with the pets they took in while serving in Afghanistan.

LONDON — The British government left U.K. nationals and Afghan allies at the mercy of the Taliban during the chaotic exit from Afghanistan, and in one case at least prioritized evacuation of animals ...

The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul means that Nowzad – the non-profit that has spent nearly 15 years reuniting stray dogs with the soldiers who rescued them – no longer has a future in Afghanistan.

In a country ravaged by war, where dogfights are a popular pastime in many places, it's safe to say that animal welfare is quite far down Afghanistan's list of priorities. Nonetheless, moves are afoot ...

JUST A FEW months ago, Meena and her puppies were existing in a hole outside an American base in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was about to be sealed off for security reasons. Today, the year-old Afghan ...

MIDDLETOWN — The Germans from the military base next door named the kitten Panzer, after the tank. She was one of the wild felines born on the U.S. base in Kabul, Afghanistan, and raised by those who ...