Reportages

Kasova Hora has provided a haven for Przewalski's horse, northern spotted deer, and mouflons. In exchange, they are preserving the rare steppe there. This system of nature's self-restoration is one man's dream come true. Read the article to learn how it happened.

To find the only remaining school within the entire frontline area of the Zaporizhzhia region and to repurpose its gymnasium into an emergency room, an operating area and a post-operative room. This is what saving lives looks like just 10 kilometers from the front line—an area with no veterinary clinics, yet home to injured, sick, and abandoned animals. The UAnimals team arrived there to offer assistance, and now we are sharing the most powerful moments from this mission.

For nearly a year, Kupiansk district of Ukraine has been without veterinary care. Veterinarians left these devastated towns and villages, where the sounds of the frontline have become a constant background, and shelling is as routine for the locals as a trip to the store. That’s why UAnimals chose this area for its first veterinary mission. A journalist from UAnimals Media joined the team and recorded the mission’s chronicles.

How trees become a living shield during war, how animals settle in shell craters, and how lichens signal the revival of nature. Read the report from a Ukrainian national park near the russian border.

Black water. Shores covered in dead fish, crayfish, and snails. The unbearable stench. These are the consequences of pollution that came from russia and poisoned the Seym and Desna rivers in August. Local communities are still assessing the consequences, but they are already bracing for further contamination. This report from the scene reveals that russia commits environmental crimes not only through warfare.

Meet the bears Synochok, Liubochka, Chada, and Mykhasyk, as well as their half-wolf neighbor, Nymphadora. They were once treated as objects: kidnapped from their dens, forced to perform in circuses, confined to cramped cages, sold and resold. Now, they live in spacious enclosures with semi-natural conditions. Finally, they have a choice.

The inhabitants of Pegasus are the dog Nulyk, the mare Liubasha, the wild boar Soma, the camel Yasha... Did you imagine cartoon characters? But their stories are not made up or drawn, so they foster kindness, compassion and love for the world. Read, get inspired and tell children and adults!

Meet Andrea, an Italian and the residents of his shelter for domestic and wild animals in Kyiv region. Together, they survived 40 days of occupation, despite the shortage of food for both people and animals. This is a story of love for all living beings, care, and the desire to protect their own.

This article is an excursion through the bird rehabilitation centre Free Wings. Here you will get acquainted with the diversity of birds — from the nameless hawk to the ravens of Taziks royal line. And also — their rescuer Viktor Shelvinsky.