HOW UANIMALS WAS ESTABLISHED

Oleksandr Todorchuk, a community activist, founded the humanitarian movement UAnimals in 2016. Originally, the organization began its work by opposing large-scale animal exploitation in circuses.

WHAT DO WE DO?

Since the start of the full-scale war, we have been actively helping animals in war zones by evacuating them and supplying food and medicine to shelters. Our team has also started reconstructing animal shelters that were damaged by russian attack. A nationwide program for free of charge stray animal neutering started in Ukraine. It is now available in Kharkiv, Chernivtsi, Zaporizhya, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Chernihiv, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, and other cities.

We have managed to organize the biggest animal rights rally march in Eastern Europe. It is currently held on an annual basis, with thousands of caring Ukrainians gathering in 30 locations at the same time.

A few years ago we began working with Ukrainian clothes brands and established the “Cruelty-Free Fashion” nomination within the Ukrainian Best Fashion Awards to honor the most ethical designers.

In the Ukrainian parliament, a union called "Humane state" was formed to promote humane ideals and protect animals from violence.

We never stop achieving because we have so many plans for the future as we fight to outlaw the use of animals in circuses and dolphinariums, and we oppose fur industry farms. We do it along with 300,000 individuals who care about what we do. We continue to build and support animal rehabilitation facilities that treat animals who have been harmed by people or human activity.

We firmly believe in the saying “every life is valuable”. With this slogan we strive to achieve our goal of Ukraine free from animal cruelty.

MEET OUR
TEAM

Animal rescue would not be possible without teamwork. UAnimals unites people from different areas of expertise to save animal lives.

Oleksandr Todorchuk

head of UAnimals

oleksandr@uanimals.org

Olha Chevhanyuk

head of the international department

olga@uanimals.org

Valentyna Tarkovska

partnerships and fundraising director

partnership@uanimals.org

Inga Sakada

special projects manager

Liudmyla Smoliar

editor-in-Chief

Yaryna Liuta

lawyer

Nina Neronova

project manager

Oleksandra Shevchenko

project manager

Oleksandr Dusan

warehouse supervisor

Victoria Bosniuk

communication manager

Iryna Sheveliova

editor of UAnimals social media

Ruslana Khodzhayeva

editor of Wild Animals Rescue center social media

Daria Shcherbyna

editor of UAnimals Kids social media

Olha Sidak

head of stories

Kateryna Krokha

videomaker

UANIMALS IS A MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

WHO SUPPORTS US

OUR ACTIVITY REPORTS

Nothing motivates us to continue working harder than realizing how much work has already been done. Here you can learn more about the reports on our team’s work since the start of the full-scale war.