In December, UAnimals helped at least
7,000 animals
December
In December, UAnimals helped at least 7,000 animals.
🐾🐴 Evacuated two people and 237 animals, including farm animals and pets.
🐾🐱 Sent over 16 tons of food to 4,987 animals.
🐾🙌 Sterilized 146 animals.
🐾🔅 Covered medical treatment for more than 200 animals.
🐾🐶 Purchased and delivered 35 kennels to four shelters as part of a campaign to provide 50 kennels for animals in shelters on frontline territories.
🐾🪵 Procured and delivered firewood to heat eight shelters.
🐾🏡 Funded the production of insulated shelters for stray animals and shipped them to the Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions for volunteers to install on city streets.
🐾👥 More than 680 volunteers participated in online and offline tasks, including organizing a large-scale Secret Santa animal shelter aid campaign.
🐾⚖️ Continued defending animal rights: legal experts provided consultations in 36 cases and filed 5 reports and complaints with the police regarding animal cruelty.
🐾💼 Participated in and spoke at the international Animal Politics Conference in the Netherlands.
💶 Total expenses for animal aid amounted to $215,730.
📌 Details of our help for animals in December:
🐾 Paid for 45 vaccines for evacuated puppies from the Donetsk region, later transferred to the ZooFamily shelter.
🐾 Covered hospitalization and treatment for 47 rescued dogs and cats from the Donetsk region. After recovery, 11 animals found new homes, while the rest remain under shelter care.
🐾 Evacuated a resident of Shevchenkove and 70 animals from Shevchenkove, Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, Lyman, Mykolaivka, Kostiantynivka, Bilytske, Novoekonomichne, Zvirove, and Oleksiyevo-Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region, including 30 dogs, 38 cats, and two goats.
Additionally, helped transport a cat with a spinal injury from Poltava to the Friend shelter in Dnipro, and three dogs from Dnipro to Kyiv.
🐾 Evacuated 33 dogs and 11 cats from Pokrovsk, Zelenivka, Novoekonomichne, Yampil, Bilytske, Bohatyr, Hryshyno, Kostiantynivka, Komar, and Kramatorsk.
We also transported three cats and seven dogs from a veterinary clinic in Dnipro after treatment.
2 cats were transferred to Vlada Rudenko’s shelter in Cherkasy, the third cat went to Kyiv, the dog Zhulia and her puppies will now live in the Zoopatrol shelter in Kyiv, two more dogs will now live in the Myrnohrad Animals shelter, and the dog Khin was handed over to a new family in Poltava.
🐾 Rescued and transported 23 dogs and 29 cats from Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka, and Kramatorsk, as well as an injured Alabai from Kharkiv to a shelter in Irpin.
🐾 Evacuated 23 dogs and 29 cats from Pokrovsk, Serhiivka, Kostiantynivka, and Kramatorsk. Additionally, at the request of soldiers, transported an Alabai dog with a gunshot wound from Kharkiv to Irpin to Anastasiia Tykha’s shelter.
🐾 Evacuated 23 cats and 35 dogs from Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, Myrnohrad, Ivanopillia, Sviatohirsk, Rodynske, Bilytske, Komar, and Kramatorsk. Transported a dog named Bublyk from Kharkiv to a family in the Kirovohrad region. As part of the evacuation mission, delivered 105 kilograms of pet food to the military.
🐾 Evacuated a resident of Muravka, Donetsk region, along with her animals — two goats, six cats, and five dogs — to the Kirovohrad region. Sincere thanks to volunteer Volodymyr Holubiev, who rescued the woman and her animals and conducted this mission.
🐾 As part of the Treatment for Animals Cared for by the Military project, funded treatment for 8 animals.
🐾 Completed the Sterilization of 180 Animals in Stationary Clinics project and funded the sterilization of:
🐾 Sent 1,407 kilograms of pet food to Kupiansk for cats and dogs under the care of the Ray of Mercy NGO.
🐾 Sent medicines and food to a dog named Bahira, who was evacuated and treated during the VetMission in Huliaipole.
🐾 Funded the capture, sterilization, and temporary sheltering of a dog in the Sumy region.
🐾 Thanks to the support of donors to the Paw of Care project:
🐾 Funded hospitalization for animals suffering from viral infections, as well as tests, treatment, and sterilization of a cat named Lissi, evacuated at the request of soldiers from the Donetsk region.
🐾 As part of the 50 Kennels for Animals from Frontline Territories Living in Shelters project, funded and delivered kennels to the following shelters:
🐾 As part of the Great Winter Fundraiser, purchased:
🐾 Purchased and delivered firewood for heating to 8 shelters: Cathouse in the Khmelnytskyi region, Happy Cat in Zaporizhzhia, Bakhmut Animal Protection Society LADA in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Another Dimension in Zelenodolsk, Dnipropetrovsk region, Favorite Animal in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, Fatum in the Mykolaiv region, Find a Friend in Fontanka, Odesa region, and Right to a New Life in Dnipro.
🐾 As part of the Treatment for Animals Cared for by the Military project, purchased food and treatments for cats and dogs. We are also currently accepting assistance requests through our chatbot.
We are proud of the achievements of our volunteer community in December:
💙 As part of the Photo Day in Shelters initiative, 19 volunteers participated, photographing animals in 10 shelters. Beautiful professional photos of cats and dogs will help them find new families more quickly.
💙 As many as 42 volunteers joined the task of making handmade toys for animals in 9 shelters, and the shelters received 320 toys.
💙 Launched the Advent Calendar campaign in the community’s chatbot. Every Sunday in December, volunteers were tasked with performing a good deed — feeding stray animals, cleaning up litter near their homes, and more. A total of 338 people participated in the initiative.
💙 As part of the fundraiser for warm houses for stray animals in frontline areas, we sent 7 houses to Liubotyn and 10 to Mykolaiv. Volunteers in these cities will set up the houses and ensure they are clean and comfortable for the animals.
💙 Organized the Secret Santa for Animals in Eight Shelters initiative. Volunteers enthusiastically joined the campaign, sending over 350 packages with gifts to shelters. We are aware that not everyone who wanted to participate could do so, but we encourage you not to be discouraged and to join next year’s event!
💙 Volunteers distributed 950 kilograms of pet food and 553 doses of treatments for animals in the Mykolaiv, Kherson, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv regions.
💙 Volunteers also contributed by completing online tasks, sharing information about fundraisers, and opening auxiliary collection accounts. This powerful support has helped us close multiple fundraisers!
In December, we also continued our work to protect animal rights:
💫 The head of the Strategic Initiatives Department, Olha Chevhaniuk, represented UAnimals and Ukraine at the international Animal Politics Conference in the Netherlands. The event gathered politicians and public figures from 30 countries to discuss environmental crimes, animal protection, and support for Ukraine during the war.
🐶 UAnimals’ legal team processed 38 messages via the chatbot and provided consultations to 36 people. Most inquiries came from Kyiv and Odesa. Most were regarding administrative violations related to animal abuse.
The legal team filed 5 reports of administrative and criminal offenses with the police:
🐾 Regarding the cruel treatment of a pregnant wild boar in the fields of Zbarazh, Ternopil region. Although the case was initially classified as poaching, we filed a motion to reclassify the criminal proceedings under animal cruelty laws. We also submitted a deputy’s inquiry.
This is the case where harvesters in Zbarazh tied a pregnant sow to a tractor and dragged her across the field. Her unborn piglets fell out as she was dragged. When untied, the pig tried to escape on severed legs. The animal did not survive. Activist Inna Melnychuk wrote about the incident on Facebook, and we immediately responded due to constantly monitoring the relevant tags.
One individual involved in the offense has been served a notice of suspicion, and the pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
🐾 Regarding the cruel treatment of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier in the village of Harbuzivka, Mykolaiv region. We received numerous messages on social media stating that the dog’s owner beat the dog with a metal rod. Police confirmed that a pre-trial investigation into animal cruelty is underway.
🐾 Regarding the cruel treatment of a dog in Kyiv. We filed a criminal complaint regarding an unidentified man abusing a dog. A pre-trial investigation was launched, and the man was served a notice of suspicion for animal cruelty. The investigation is ongoing. The dog was seized and transferred to a shelter.
🐾 Regarding the cruel treatment of a Toy Terrier. A video surfaced on social media showing a man abusing a dog in the presence of a child. Fortunately, the dog was seized, and law enforcement initiated a pre-trial investigation for animal cruelty. The dog’s health condition will be assessed, and further steps will be taken to determine the legal classification of the case, as the crime occurred in the presence of a minor.
🐾 Regarding the abuse of horses in the center of Korostyshiv, Zhytomyr region. Unidentified individuals were found exploiting horses to transport people, subjecting the animals to excessive workloads.
🐾 Filed a formal complaint regarding the killing of a leopard at the Odesa Zoo.
At the Odesa Zoo, a leopard injured an employee who was inside the animal’s enclosure. Subsequently, the animal was killed.
Our legal team also submitted appeals to the State Labor Service of Ukraine, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, and the State Environmental Inspectorate.
We received a response from the State Labor Service stating that the Odesa Zoo had established a commission to investigate the accident.
We received a response from the State Environmental Inspectorate indicating that materials were forwarded to the Ministry of Environmental Protection to conduct an unscheduled state inspection.
We have also learned that a pre-trial investigation has been launched into violations of safety regulations during hazardous work.
Additionally, the legal team received responses to previously submitted inquiries
🐾 UAnimals received information about a possible official permit for hunting in Odesa region starting in November. The report indicated that poachers might be able to shoot animals near populated areas during martial law.
The legal team submitted an appeal to the Odesa District State Administration requesting an order to prohibit hunting in Odesa region until the termination or cancellation of martial law in Ukraine, except for regulating the population of certain game species in compliance with current legislation.
A response was received from the Odesa District State Administration stating that the decision to prohibit hunting in Odesa region during martial law does not fall within its jurisdiction or authority.
Currently, the legal team is preparing an appeal to the Odesa Regional State Administration.
🐾 Previously, the legal team filed a complaint regarding animal cruelty near the Dyvotsvit school-kindergarten in Kyiv, where two boys were abusing a dog.
A response was received from law enforcement agencies stating that an administrative offence procedure had been initiated against the legal guardians of the offenders for failing to fulfill their parental responsibilities.
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