{"id":33857,"date":"2025-03-07T12:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/?p=33857"},"modified":"2025-03-07T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:51:20","slug":"uanimals-has-been-giving-animals-a-voice-for-9-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/en\/news\/uanimals-has-been-giving-animals-a-voice-for-9-years\/","title":{"rendered":"UAnimals Has Been Giving Animals a Voice for 9 Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <strong>March 7, 2016<\/strong>, <strong>Oleksandr Todorchuk<\/strong> created a social media page called <strong>UAnimals<\/strong>. That\u2019s how the story of this animal welfare movement began. For 9 years, <strong>UAnimals<\/strong> has been giving animals a voice \u2014 working to ensure that animal rights are respected across Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The movement started with Oleksandr\u2019s initiative to ban the use of animals in circuses. Since 2017, UAnimals has organized the Annual March for Animal Rights, which has grown into one of the largest animal rights events in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2021<\/strong> brought important <strong>legislative victories<\/strong>. Thanks to the work of activists, <strong>UAnimals<\/strong>, and the cross-party group <strong>Humane Country<\/strong>, <strong>Law 1684-IX<\/strong> was adopted, strengthening <strong>penalties for animal cruelty<\/strong>, banning <strong>photo services with animals<\/strong> and <strong>begging with animals<\/strong>. The law also prohibited the use of animals in <strong>traveling exhibitions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 2022<\/strong> changed everything \u2014 including for <strong>UAnimals<\/strong>. When russia\u2019s full-scale invasion began, the organization didn\u2019t stop. Instead, they started evacuating animals from frontline areas \u2014 not just cats and dogs, but also farm animals, lions, camels, badgers, foxes, and even snakes. In 2024 alone, UAnimals evacuated 2,831 animals from combat zones.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33848 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kopiia-_IMG_3788-2-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kopiia-_IMG_3788-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uanimals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kopiia-_IMG_3788-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uanimals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kopiia-_IMG_3788-2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, <strong>UAnimals<\/strong> has grown into a <strong>complex organization with many branches and projects<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few of their initiatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular veterinary missions to frontline areas<\/li>\n<li>The Animal Blood Donation Platform<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/media\/en\/\">UAnimals Media<\/a><\/span>, an online publication<\/li>\n<li>Animalism by UAnimals, a charity shop<\/li>\n<li>The international campaign #StopEcocideUkraine<\/li>\n<li>A volunteer community<\/li>\n<li>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrate.uanimals.org\/en\/\">Holiday Platform<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>The All-Ukrainian Animal Rights Award<\/li>\n<li>The Humane Book Literary Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But the <strong>most important part of UAnimals<\/strong> is <strong>the caring people<\/strong> who donate, volunteer, and help in any way they can.<\/p>\n<p>Want to give animals a voice alongside <strong>UAnimals<\/strong>? Join the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/club.uanimals.org\/en.html\"><strong>Animal Rescue Club<\/strong><\/a><\/span> \u2014 this way, you\u2019ll be part of every good deed!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33852 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo_2025-03-04_17-13-58-1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uanimals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo_2025-03-04_17-13-58-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/uanimals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo_2025-03-04_17-13-58-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uanimals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo_2025-03-04_17-13-58-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uanimals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/photo_2025-03-04_17-13-58-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 7, 2016, Oleksandr Todorchuk created a social media page called UAnimals. 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