{"id":14863,"date":"2024-03-29T21:17:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/?p=14863"},"modified":"2024-04-10T13:17:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T10:17:28","slug":"uanimals-announces-the-winners-of-the-animal-protection-award-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/en\/news\/uanimals-announces-the-winners-of-the-animal-protection-award-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"UAnimals announces the winners of the Animal Protection Award 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On March 29th, UAnimals honored people who rescue animals, care for them, and advocate for humane treatment of all living beings. <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Volunteers from various regions of Ukraine, rescuers, scientists, and activists working to preserve wildlife received the Animal Protection Award.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The Animal Protection Award is our way to provide informational support to people and organizations we support and whose values we share,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explained Olexandr Todorchuk, founder of UAnimals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The annual Animal Protection Award ceremony was held for the second time. People nominated candidates on the UAnimals website. The winners were decided by a jury composed of representatives from Ukrainian and foreign animal protection organizations, as well as politicians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The laureates of the Animal Protection Award 2024 are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Mariia Vronska<\/span> &#8211; Head of the Hostomel Animal Shelter, founder of the AdoptMe Days animal adoption project, which rehomes animals from various shelters;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Victoriia Kruchina<\/span> &#8211; animal volunteer from Kupiansk, Kharkiv, who initiated the city&#8217;s first sterilization and vaccination program for stray animals;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Viktor Shelvinsky<\/span> &#8211; Ornithologist, founder of the Free Wings Bird Rehabilitation Center in Lviv Oblast, who treats injured and sick birds;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Olena Kotova<\/span> &#8211; animal volunteer from Oleksandriia in Kirovohrad Oblast, founder of the Zoodopomoha (AnimalHelp) rehabilitation and neutering center;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Tetiana Kutsukon<\/span> &#8211; Animal welfare advocate from Boryspil in Kyiv Oblast, founder of the Phoenix animal charitable foundation;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Maryna Shazhko<\/span> &#8211; Founder of the Bahmut Animal Protection Society LADA shelter, who evacuated the entire shelter to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast following the russian advance on Bahmut;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Alisiia Polykha<\/span> &#8211; Rescuer at Kyiv animal rescue group. She rescues animals in distress, and evacuates them from war hotspots in Ukraine;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Ilona Dzhalahaniya<\/span> &#8211; Volunteer from Sumy, co-founder and leader of the Sumy Animal Protection Society;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Olesia Leonova<\/span> &#8211; Volunteer from Dnipro who cares for cats;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Roman Ostapchuk<\/span> &#8211; Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman who rescues animals from dangerous areas and seeks shelter for them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honourable awards from UAnimals were given to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Mykhailo Rusin<\/span> &#8211; Candidate of Biological Sciences, founder of the Hamster Rescue Center, developer of projects for the conservation of hamster colonies;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Free Svydovets initiative group<\/span>, which fights to preserve the Svydovets region of the Carpathians from construction;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">UAnimals direct aid department<\/span>, including members of the evacuation team, stray animal sterilization teams, humanitarian mission teams, and shelter reconstruction programs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAnimals also honored those who sacrificed their lives in the rescue of animals: <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Emma Igual<\/span> from Spain and <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Anthony Ignat<\/span> from Canada, volunteers who evacuated animals from hotspots passed them to the UAnimals team, and French journalist <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Arman Soldin<\/span>, who rescued a weakened hedgehog from a trench. Volunteers and the journalist died in Donetsk during shelling. Their friends and colleagues received special awards for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, UAnimals awarded special recognition to partners: <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">PUMB, UkrSibbank, and Room8Group<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UAnimals team expresses gratitude to the partners <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Josera<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">The body shop<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More about the winners can be found in upcoming materials!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 29th, UAnimals honored people who rescue animals, care for them, and advocate for humane treatment of all living beings. 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