January-June 2023

Here’s what we did: the general numbers.

We helped more than 143,682 animals (financial assistance for more than 57,546 animals, sterilisation for 16,289 animals, feed for 68,664 animals, and evacuation of 1,183 animals and 4 beehives).
The total amount of financial expenses was 67,989,231.82 UAH. This amount includes financial assistance, payment for sterilisations, reconstruction of shelters, project implementation, purchase and shipment of feed, logistics, purchase of medicines and treatment, evacuation, costs of supporting wild animals of the Natalia Popova Wild Animal Rescue Centre and UAnimals, administrative fees, and assets on request.
We sent 263,806 kilograms of feed from our warehouse.
We sterilised 16,289 animals as part of our free sterilisation programme for stray animals in more than 40 cities across Ukraine.
Our legal department filed 19 statements to the police regarding animal cruelty, 6 appeals to the police, Kherson City State Administration and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, 1 report to the UN regarding ecocide, and drafted 19 agreements and 1 additional agreement with partners, provided advice on animal protection issues received by hotline and dealt with other statements, contracts, letters, memoranda, orders and requests.

Now let’s talk a little more about our activities.

We held the first All-Ukrainian Animal Protection Award, where we recognised 20 animal rights activists and volunteers who selflessly saved animals during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

We succeeded in banning fireworks at the legislative level. The Verkhovna Rada voted in favour of the draft law No. 7438, which we had submitted to the Humane Country Inter-Factional Association. The President signed it.

We launched the UAnimals Community project. 371 volunteers have already joined it. They have already poured water for animals near homes and offices, distributed 200 kilograms of feed in Kharkiv and Poltava regions, designed posters for the Wild Collection and reminded people about the collection.

In cities in Austria, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Canada, Estonia, Croatia, Ireland, Spain, Mexico, the United States, Cyprus, Turkey, Hungary, Switzerland, Thailand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, some single pickets and organised actions were held to call on governments to punish Russia for the ecocide (caused by the hydroelectric dam explosion).

Many rallies and actions were held as part of the #StopEcocideUkraine campaign:
– UAnimals activists held single pickets in the cities of the UK, Germany, Spain, Norway, and the Czech Republic to draw the world’s attention to the destruction of the unique Dzharylgach Island by Russians;
– stars dedicated to endangered Ukrainian animals due to the Russian war against Ukraine were placed on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood;
– EcoUnity for Ukraine campaign against ecocide on six continents was held on Earth Day;
– held a wave of rallies in US cities and actions in Paris and Berlin, and a rally in Prague called “Those Who Disappear”.

We launched 13 targeted fundraisers and raised UAH 36 million 886 thousand 409, including to save animals from the terrorist attack at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, to buy protective equipment and cars for rescue dogs from the Antares unit, firefighting equipment for the Ichnia National Park, winter needs of shelters, food for animals from the newly liberated territories, etc.

We launched partnership projects and initiatives with Morningstar, DodoSocks, MEGOGO, Grains de Verre jewellery brand, TUMO/UA TEENS, Monobank, Patron, and Visa.

We received bonuses worth UAH 600 thousand for logistics services from the Humanitarian Post of Ukraine.

We have the support of new partners, including Portmone, PUMB, Room8Group, HomeFoods, Morshynska, Amic, Animals United, OKKO, Animal Heroes, Ucare, The BodyShop, Rozetka, Dyhai, Uber and our regular partners Svoboda Zvirat, HSI, Royal Canin, Auchan Ukraine and IFAW.

We received 30,166 kilograms of feed under the campaign with Josera.

Launched the second wave of the Paw of Care campaign in the MasterZoo chain of stores with our partner VISA and raised 1.8 million hryvnias for animal treatment.

We received a certificate of reliability from CAF America, an indicator of UAnimals’ reliability for American donors.

We received an advertising grant from Google Nonprofit.

We have launched a charity SMS to 88006 from Kyivstar and Vodafone.

We received 21 tonnes of feed from our Italian partner Alfa Spedizioni.

At the Thai Charity Market (with Thai Hello and Gostomel Shelter), we found homes for 11 puppies evacuated from the war zone.

We took part in the discussion of the draft law “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving the Protection of Flora and Fauna” in a meeting of the Environmental Prosecutor’s Office with representatives of NGOs to record environmental crimes, in a meeting of the commission to study the activities of Natalia Mazur, and held a meeting with the Humane Country NGO, the State Food and Consumer Service and the State Tax Service to discuss current problems with border crossings with animals.

We evacuated 1,183 animals and 4 hives from Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.

Six lions from our Wild Animal Rescue Centre were transported to rehabilitation centres abroad.

І. Humanitarian aid

We sent aid for 8,594 cats, dogs, parrots and nutria, 418 domestic animals and 42 carnivores to purchase feed, medicines and treatment products in the temporarily occupied territories of Melitopol, Berdiansk, Hola Prystan, Svatove, Kakhovka, Tokmak, Vasylivka, Vesele, Prymorsk and the de-occupied village of Rubtsi in Donetsk Oblast, as well as in the villages of Kherson and Kharkiv oblasts.

We transferred 722 kilograms of dry speciality food and 4,188 pouches to Animal SOS Odesa, the Chance shelter in Kherson, and the Avelen Rehabilitation Centre for Wild and Exotic Animals in Odesa for evacuated animals with special nutritional needs.

We distributed 26,845 kilograms of food for more than 10,000 dogs and cats in Kherson after the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station explosion.

We delivered 4,675 kilograms of food to the Chance shelter in Kherson, the military, volunteers and caring people caring for animals in Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.

During the evacuation flights to Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, we delivered 1,800 kilograms of food for local animals.

We delivered 100 cages and 150 carriers to Garantia for volunteers and rescue teams in Kherson after the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station explosion;

Delivered 29 tonnes of drinking water to residents of Kherson and the region and the Odesa police department involved in the evacuation.

We delivered 6 generators to shelters in Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Kirovohrad regions.

We delivered 50 sets of warm clothes, collars and 63 animal address labels to the 4 Paws shelter in Kherson.

Helped to purchase syringe sets and a starter kit for catching stray animals for the Karlivka NGO in Poltava Oblast and the Krok do Zhyttia NGO in Chernihiv.

We purchased and delivered 2 bulletproof vests for service dogs at the request of a sapper dog handler working in the combat zone.

Purchased and delivered 3000 litres of water and tanks for the Kotofeya shelter in Nikopol and 3 water tanks and taps for the Ruslana Kulbida shelter in Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovska oblast), food tanks for the South Ukrainian dog shelter (Mykolaivska oblast), and quarantine boxes for the Kramatorsk City Council (Donetsk oblast), NGO “Beloved Animals” in Kamianske (Dnipro Oblast) and the “4 Paws” and “Hippo Cat” shelters in Kherson, animal cages for volunteer Alina Bezverkhnya, who oversees animal sterilisation in Lozova (Kharkiv Oblast) and for shelters in Dnipro Oblast and Kherson that receive evacuated animals, and feeders for stray animals in Raisin.

We supported the charity Nastup in Snihurivka, Mykolaiv region, which requested to purchase surgical equipment (scalpels, surgical needles, thermal bags, vaccines) for the damaged and looted veterinary hospital.

We also provided financial support to teams of volunteers, representatives of NGOs, charities, shelters and rehabilitation centres that rescued animals affected by the damming of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in Kherson Oblast. For more details, please see the report on Kakhovka HPP here: https://uanimals.org/en/report/kakhovska/

ІІ. Treatment

We purchased and delivered vaccines, diapers, treatment products, and antibiotics for 10,058 pets, as well as for 326 domestic animals (cows, sheep, horses) and 1 snake in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipro, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and evacuated animals in Kyiv region. As well as 700 doses of vaccines and medicines for volunteers in Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions.

We assisted in the treatment and rehabilitation of 49 injured and seriously ill evacuated pets from Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Chasovyi Yar, Kherson, Orikhiv, Kramatorsk, Yuzhnoukrainsk and Kostiantynivka.

Purchased vaccines and medicines for 7 horses and 1 pony evacuated from Kharkiv region, and provided injection solutions and syringes for treating 1 wounded horse from the de-occupied village of Krynky in Kherson region.

To pay for the treatment of 1 raped cow in Khmelnytskyi region.

We paid for the surgery of a donkey evacuated from Siversk, whose leg was cut off as a result of a shell explosion.

ІІІ. Helping national nature parks

Helped to purchase 4.5 tonnes of corn to feed 250 wild pigs and 70 roes living in the Hetmansky National Park in Sumy region.

Supported the activities of the Drevlyansky Nature Park (Zhytomyr region, Narodychi village) and helped to purchase 5 tonnes of corn and 5 tonnes of oats to feed 250 animals (wild pigs, roe deer, deer) in winter.

We assisted with the purchase of a cultivator (intended for firefighting) for the Ichnia National Park, which is home to 240 species of animals (42 mammal species and 198 bird species), including those listed in the Red Book of Ukraine.

We supported the Kramatorsk Regional Landscape Park, which has 70 animals under its care (wild pigs, rabbits, donkeys, sheep, roe deer, spotted deer, foxes, peacocks, pheasants, swans) and assisted with the purchase of hay, wheat and oats.

We also helped to purchase an electric shepherd for Yavoriv National Park in Lviv Oblast, which is home to wild tarpon horses.

IV. Help for domestic and predatory animals

We purchased and delivered 55 tonnes of hay and 17 tonnes of oats to the Vuhlyk animal shelter for two branches (Dnipro and Mykolaiv regions), which care for 500 ungulates (goats, sheep, pigs, horses).

We purchased and delivered 11 tonnes of oats for 20 horses to the Cavalcade Horse Care Centre in Zaporizhzhia (which takes in evacuated horses during the war).

We purchased and delivered anthelmintics for 180 horses at the Kharkiv Horse Farm and 175 at the Lozova Horse Farm in the Kharkiv region.

We helped to purchase a surgical kit at the request of the Association of Racing and Horseracing, which has 189 horses and 28 foals under its care in the Dnipro region.

We bought and delivered 50 kilograms of milk replacer, two briquettes of lick salt and a bucket for watering animals for 8 goats and 2 goats evacuated from the village of Odnorobivka in Kharkiv Oblast. The animals could not feed themselves after the shelling and stress.

We bought 300 hay bales for 13 horses at the Karavan stable in Kharkiv region.

We bought 40 bales of hay for 30 ungulates (horses, goats, cows, sheep) for the animals of the Rifugio Italia Kj2 shelter in the Kyiv region.

We assisted with purchasing 3,500 kg of hay and 15 cubic metres of firewood for the Avelen Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Odesa, which has more than 400 rescued animals under its care.

We helped to purchase a motorised mower for grass cutting at the request of the NGO AC “A-D” (Gozhuly, Poltava region), which has 22 horses and ponies under its care and takes in evacuated animals.

We helped to purchase feed, hay, straw, sawdust, grain, and oilcake for 221 domestic animals from Kharkiv, Dnipro, and the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region, as well as for 260 animals in a zoo located in the temporarily occupied Kherson region, and for 42 carnivores and 413 domestic animals in a private zoo in the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region.

We assisted with the purchase of feed to the NGO “Zelenyi Hai” in the Dnipro region, which takes care of 705 animals (horses, ponies, donkeys, goats, sheep, pigs, roe deer, rabbits, cats, dogs and many others).

V. Support for birds

We purchased 1,500 kilograms of corn and 940 kilograms of feed and grain mix for 200 birds at the Nyushanikove Manor Bird Rescue Centre in Kyiv Oblast.

We purchased food for birds of prey at the Lunar Valley bird shelter in Zhytomyr Oblast.

We helped to transport an injured falcon from Ternopil region to the bird rehabilitation centre in Kozhychi, Lviv region. We also helped to purchase food and construction materials for quarantine enclosures for the centre’s 260 animals.

VI. Reconstruction

We helped shelters and volunteers with money for new enclosures, quarantine facilities, a veterinary complex, etc.:
– Sumy Society for the Protection of Animals (550 animals), Sumy;
– Gostomel (800 animals), Kyiv region;
– Ecoprotection in Starokonstantinov (500 animals), Khmelnytsky region;
– Svitlana Ostapkova in Myrnohrad (236 animals), Donetsk region;
– NGO Equestrian Federation (100 animals), Mykolaiv region;
– Give a Chance in Sloviansk (400 animals), Donetsk Oblast;
– Victoria Bondarenko in Kalynivka (189 animals), Mykolaiv oblast;
– Naydusha (48 animals), Kharkiv;
– Best Friends (800 animals), Kyiv region – with the partnership support of Suziria Group;
– volunteers Anna Gushchenko and Olena Kachan from Kramatosk, Olena Goncharenko from Kostiantynivka (Donetsk region) and Olena Bubenko from Ruski Tyshky (Kharkiv region);
– the sterilisation centre “Krok do Zhyttyn”, Chernihiv;
– Babynetske (150 animals), Kyiv region – with the support of a DDAO partner from Germany;
– Give a Chance (500 animals), Zaporizhzhia.
We helped the following shelters to survive the winter:
– Give a Chance (400 animals), Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast;
– Chance (500 animals), Zaporizhzhia;
– Gostomel (800 animals), Kyiv region;
– Pegasus Horse Aid Society (1000 animals), Dnipropetrovsk oblast;
– Zelenyi Hai eco-farm (925 animals), Dnipropetrovsk oblast;
– Avelen Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (360 animals), Odesa;
– No Boundaries (225 animals), Mykolaiv;
– Fatum (500 animals), Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region;
– Drug rehabilitation centre (980 animals), Dnipro.

All of this work would not have been possible without caring people who continue to support us with their donations and without partner support.

Ultimately, we would not have done any of this if it were not for the dedication of volunteers, the military and caring people who are constantly rescuing animals in the war zones, in the de-occupied territories and in settlements that the russians repeatedly shell.

We are also grateful to everyone who supported us with information and reposts.

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