Since 2014, Ukrainian servicewoman and poet Olena Bilozerska has been rescuing animals on the front line. She shares stories about the animals she rescued, including a puppy she exchanged for grenades and a kitten nearly snatched by US troops during training.

How is the protection of stray cats and dogs organized in Estonia? How does a shelter there function? What can other countries learn from Estonia? Read the interview with the chief administrator of a municipal shelter in Tartu.

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.

These people have spent years rescuing animals from the war and cruelty. However, they’ve also witnessed compassion and care on this path. What attitude towards the animals have they seen? We invite you to reflect on this while reading the stories from animal volunteers.

Risk your life to escape occupation or hide in a basement? Complicate your journey by bringing your animals or betray them by leaving them behind? This article is about choices — and about love and responsibility.

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.

Medieval attitudes towards felines

A heartwarming story about a soldier who took in a stray kitten at his dugout and now cares for her, just as she cares for him and his comrades.

Stories of how to love life — every life, from the kitten born blind to the dog who lost her sight with age. Every animal deserves love and proper care.

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.

How to recover from the loss of a pet? How to properly support those who have experienced such a tragedy? How to explain this death to a child? We asked a psychotherapist about this. In times of war, when there are so many losses around, her advice is worth reading by everyone.

Tips on renting accommodation with your pets from a real estate expert and experienced people.

After February 24, life has changed: instead of continuing to design buildings or shoot videos, Khrystyna and Serhii decided to professionally catch animals for sterilization. Read more about this profession in the interview.