Volunteers have been working hard to evacuate animals from frontline areas. Between late February and early March, UAnimals volunteers rescued 4 cows, 18 cats, 13 dogs, and 2 parrots from dangerous zones at the request of the organization.
Since mid-February, when a UAnimals evacuation vehicle was damaged by a drone, volunteers have been using their own transport to carry out evacuations.
At the end of February, volunteers from the Dnipro-based organization SAVE ANIMALS UKRAINE rescued two dogs from Donetsk region. One of them, Zhulia, was found injured by military medics who performed surgery on her. Sadly, she can no longer walk on her own. Zhulia is now living at the “Friend” shelter in Dnipro.
In another case, a dog’s guardian was injured. The team transported the dog to a temporary home in Dnipro, and UAnimals later delivered it to the guardian’s relatives in Lviv.
SAVE ANIMALS UKRAINE also evacuated five cats from Kostiantynivka — all belonging to the same family. The cats were temporarily housed in Dnipro and will soon be reunited with their family, who have relocated to Odesa.
Volunteers Volodymyr Holubiev and Hanna Ponychko helped a family of two from Kostiantynivka evacuate with their two parrots and two dogs. The evacuation had been delayed because the owners were hesitant to hand over their pets to strangers. Taking people in a UAnimals vehicle was not possible, but thanks to the volunteers, both the family and their pets were safely relocated to a new home in Cherkasy region.
In early March, volunteer Petia Petrova rescued 12 cats from Donetsk region. Among them were two cats belonging to a fallen soldier who had cared for them on the frontlines (one of the cats – in the main photo). His wife requested that they be evacuated before the soldier’s unit was redeployed. Petia brought the cats to a veterinary clinic in Kyiv, and they were later placed with the soldier’s family.
Meanwhile, UAnimals’ vehicles are back in action. Rescuer Danylo Koval and volunteer Anastasia Krymniuk worked in Kostiantynivka for two days under military cover. They evacuated a large group of animals — four cows and two dogs — and helped relocate their owners to Poltava region. They also rescued a cat and seven dogs from Donetsk region.
Evacuation missions are ongoing, with volunteers continuing to work tirelessly.
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