In February, UAnimals will once again award the Animal Rights Activists Award to individuals who rescue animals. The award was established by UAnimals and the inter-fractional association Humane Country in 2023. Last year, 15 female animal rescuers and 6 male animal rescuers received the prize.
Anyone can nominate candidates for the award until January 20. Multiple nominations are allowed, and it is important to provide reasons why you consider these individuals worthy of recognition. Among all the nominees, the jury will select 10 winners.
The jury includes:
- Oleksandr Todorchuk, founder of the humanitarian movement UAnimals and initiator of the creation of the inter-fractional association Humane Country, a serviceman.
- Yulia Ovchinnikova, co-chair of the Humane Country, member of the Ukrainian Parliament, and chairwoman of the subcommittee of the Parliament of Ukraine on forest resources, biodiversity, natural landscapes, objects of the natural reserve fund, and on adapting Ukrainian legislation to the provisions of EU law.
- Dmytro Revniuk, founder of the public organization Zoopatrol Ukraine.
- Tamara Human, head of the public organization Every Animal.
- Marina Surkova, president of the Association of Animal Rights Organizations of Ukraine (AZOU).
- Ines Kostić, member of the Dutch Parliament, political scientist, and politician for the Party for the Animals.
- Meredith Whitney, manager of wildlife rescue programs, International Fund for Animal Rights.
Let’s express our gratitude to animal rights volunteers by nominating them for this year’s award!
