This should have been a place filled with children’s laughter, the sound of a ball bouncing on the floor, and the teacher’s whistle stopping running exercises. Instead, for four consecutive days, veterinary consultations, procedures, and surgeries were taking place here. This is a school gymnasium in Vozdvyzhivska hromada (a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine), where the UAnimals team temporarily set up a “veterinary clinic”. 

Medical help is provided not only to stray cats and dogs but also to animals from local residents. People from the hromada bring their pets for check-ups and consultations.

Roman Bidnenko, an animal catcher, is responsible for catching as many stray animals as the vets can provide medical care for. Moreover, during this mission, Roman managed to find a family for some stray puppies.

The family adopted the puppy after she was spayed, treated for parasites, vaccinated, and microchipped. This medical help was provided to all animals that came into the UAnimals “veterinary clinic” set up in the school gymnasium. The only exceptions were tiny kittens and puppies that were too young to get spayed or neutered. 

Some animals require treatment, and others need surgery.

In total, 379 animals received medical help.

This mission to frontline areas where the veterinary care is unavailable is the eighth of its kind. Veterinarians from the Accessible Sterilization project, an animal catcher, volunteers, and a veterinary mission manager are working under fire to save lives.

UAnimals’ veterinary missions are possible thanks to caring individuals, businesses, and foundations that support this project. The mission you saw in the photos was funded by the people who bought Paws of Care (stickers sold by a Ukrainian pet store chain).

As a bonus, in this photo report, we are sharing pictures of paws of the animals we have helped this time. 

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