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.