Estonian Society for the Protection of Animals and has fostered more than 100 dogs and cats over the years.
Sirius, where more than 3,000 animals are trapped near the capital of Kyiv — are calling for a “green corridor,” which is essentially a safe passageway to transport pets out of the country. However, Landsmann said they don’t work.
Anastasiia Yalanskaya and two other volunteers were shot and killed by Russian troops after delivering food to a shelter in Bucha, which is less than 20 miles outside of Kyiv. The shelter had been without supplies for three days.
3 million Ukrainians are now refugees — a number that continues to climb.
UAnimals
UAnimals works to get food to local shelters and zoos. Landsmann supports the efforts of this Ukrainian organization so much that she commended their work to Mike Arms, CEO of the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Now the nonprofit is pledging to donate $50,000 to animal welfare organizations like UAnimals — and is calling for animal lovers to match the pledge.
“Like the people, they’re innocent. Those bombs — you know how sensitive dogs’ ears and cats’ ears are and what they must be going through.”
fund — and Arms hopes to raise even more money for animals in Ukraine. He’s concerned by the urgent need for blankets, beds and other supplies for displaced pets, as well as the well-being of pets who remain in Ukraine.
Yesterday, the nonprofit Humane Society International announced an agreement with the Romanian Red Cross to transport pet food into Ukraine to care for animals in shelters, homes and on the streets. The first ton of food will be delivered in the next few days — the first time the Romanian Red Cross will add supplies for pets to one of its humanitarian aid transports.
“We have heard from refugees we’re helping in Berlin that the loyal companionship of their pets has kept them and their families going on the arduous journey to safety,” said Sylvie Kremerskothen Gleason, HIS’s Germany director, in a statement. “For children especially, their pets are an enormous source of comfort to help them cope with the trauma of war. These refugees are frightened and exhausted, so being able to help them care for their pets means they have one less thing to worry about at a time when they need help the most.”
The IFAW is working with local partners to get supplies to wildlife sanctuaries and animal shelters in Ukraine, as well as groups supporting refugees in surrounding countries.
list of resources — in both Ukrainian and English — for Ukrainians escaping with their pets regarding entry requirements in nearby countries.
American Humane — America’s first national humane organization — recently authorized a $10,000 emergency grant to IFAW.
The international nonprofit Network for Animals, which has offices in the United Kingdom and the United States, quickly partnered with local groups to evacuate nearly 1,000 dogs and cats from Ukraine since the Russian invasion. Yesterday, the group finalized paperwork for a third ambulance, which will help a veterinarian transport even more animals out of Ukraine.
“We focused immediately on getting the animals out because a lot of people, when they fled, could not take their animals with them or, very sadly, they thought that they would be returning quickly and left their animals locked up in apartments,” he told TODAY.
“(Dogs) love human beings. They may have been shot at by a human being five minutes earlier, but they love us … they see salvation in our faces.”
Veterinarians Without Borders.
“What’s remarkable — it always gets me — is dogs love us. They love human beings,” Barritt said. “They may have been shot at by a human being five minutes earlier, but they love us … they see salvation in our faces.”
Ukrainian charitable organization Happy Paw is helping 60 shelters in Ukraine and shares compelling photos and stories of food deliveries and successful evacuations on its Facebook page.
list of reputable organizations working to help pets impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and you can find TODAY’s roundup of humanitarian groups helping Ukrainians here.
Of course, the best way to help people and pets affected by the crisis in Ukraine is to end the war, according to Estonia’s Landsmann.
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