On April 25, UAnimals volunteers cleaned up in Holosiivskyi and Nyzhnodnistrovskyi Parks, Roztochchia, and on Kasova Hora
On April 25, volunteers from the UAnimals community simultaneously set out to clean up four protected areas—in Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. In just a few hours of work, 293 people collected 8.5 tons of trash.
In Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi National Nature Park, volunteers cleaned the “Bychok” tract. 110 volunteers filled an entire 20-cubic-meter container: they collected over 5 tons of household and construction waste that threatened more than 70 Red Book species of animals and plants.
In the Odesa region, along the shore of the Karagol Bay in the “Nizhnednistrovsky” National Nature Park, 65 participants focused on the main threat—the invasive plant knotweed. They cleared 100 acres of valuable floodplain meadows in the Dniester Delta and collected approximately 6 cubic meters of dry vegetation containing seeds. In total, they managed to collect about a ton of plant and household waste. Now park staff will be able to keep this area clean so that the local flora can recover.
In the Lviv region, near the “Roztochchia” Nature Reserve, 100 people filled three trash containers—1.5 tons of plastic, glass, and Styrofoam—that had accumulated along the roads and the Vereshchytsia River and been carried by the wind into the forest.
In Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, at the “Kasova Hora” Center for Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration, the smallest but very active group of 18 volunteers helped clear shrubbery from steppe areas. They managed to haul away 4 trailer loads of brush, totaling about a ton. This area is home to Przewalski’s horses and deer, and serves as a rehabilitation site for endangered species—the European ground squirrel, European hamster, steppe marmot, and Podolian mole.
All collected trash was sent for recycling or disposal.
We are grateful to everyone who joined us. These 8.5 tons of trash mean hectares of clean forest, steppe, and water where wild animals can now live more safely.
Together, we are a force that protects life!
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