This poor woman deserves a thread.

😥😥😢

Alexandra too.

Yes, R2, let's post all the stories we can. Thank you for letting us know about Alexandra.

I am drowning in posts about animals in Ukraine including a German shepherd guarding his owner's dead body. I have had to stay off social media for the most part the past few days. It kills your soul.

I believe I'm newly subscribed to the Patreon for the organization she volunteered for. They had an update post about her. At least two others died; they were going in a group.

Please consider giving in her memory by subscribing.

Pokoj joj duši.

I will say, I have never seen so many people not abandoning their animals as they flee a war zone as has been reported with Ukraine. They also have special accommodations set up in Poland for the pets, all medical care provided. The people who are waiting at the borders with signs saying how many people they can house also are saying what pets they can take (with the people).

Meanwhile, fucking Americans (especially the south) abandon their animals with... abandon.

How to give in her memory.

I'll post the Patreons of the other two I joined, both mentored in this article. Subscribing is how foreigners can easily give.

Here's the Patreon of Happy Paw.

Here's the Patreon of Shelter Ugolyok

Here's UAnimals. As in r5.

R7 The logistics for fleeing as a family of refugees is dangerous and unknown. Trying to include your beloved dog or cat makes it all that much more difficult, especially if you are taking a train, bus or plain that will not allow pets. As heartbreaking as it may sound, many feel they don't have much of a choice but to leave their pets behind.

No r12, I wasn't judging (much) people who feel they can't bring their pets. That's what's extraordinary about Ukraine right now, they're bringing their pets against all odds.

What's amazing to me is that a large proportion of them don't have carriers, especially for cats.

This Romanian Animal Shelter is also taking Ukrainian animals:

This is a great thread. Thank you OP.

Does anyone know of a reputable animal organization in Ukraine? I've been wanting to donate money, but am afraid of sending it to imposters.

both *mentioned in this article

No she doesn't. Anyone who places the lives of pets/animals over the lives of helping humans is trash.

That tweet has digits relating to Sam Heughan's birthday! I keep seeing the same digits as my throuple with Henry Cavill and Sam Heughan manifests in real-time! Even the gas prices for premium and unleaded were close in numbers to Henry and Sam's respective birthdays!

[quote]On Tuesday, she wrote about helping a kindergarten in Brovary, just outside Kyiv, where 40 children were without food and diapers, as well as bringing aid to a military hospital and bringing food for volunteer dogs.

She helped children, animals, and the Ukrainian military, you're the trash, R18.

r16, I keep seeing these names pop up in articles

More organizations here.

Into on what's happening, animals left behind, and how to help.

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There is a cat cafe in Lviv that is determined to remain open so that the animals are cared for and the people have a place to go to feel good. Catcafe Lviv. I started following them on Instagram.

A man is staying for the animals at his farm sanctuary. Lots of info about how to help.

Not to detract from what's going on, but having been through experiencing war as a witness through the media, I have noticed I slip into numb mode the instant I hear it's started. It doesn't make what I read any easier, it just keeps me from having heart attacks. Modern living doesn't exactly come wrapped in a pretty ribbon.

I don't have any interest in the Phds lecturing the world that this is 'The West's Fault.' Any time any upheaval has occured since 1973 it's always 'The West's Fault.' BASTA.

The US was fucking crazy ass to prolong the Vietnam thing; I mean sending young bright men to certain death. If Nixon did anything he got us out.

It is mob mentality and blame one faceless entity. Yes, many imbeciles have grown into Designer Dumbing Down. But no matter how much or how prettily one dumbs down, it doesn't change the fact. You can't punch and delete war like it's an app on your phone.

Here's a donation link for the Catcafe Lviv:

Regarding the cat cafe, not all your money will do to the animals. They're giving half to the military. Factor that in how you will. It's on their IG.

Here's the statement. Half won't go to the animals.

Thanks, R30! I couldn't find anything to link to for them except Facebook.

I mean R28. You, too, though, 30.

NY Post

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TMZ

Wow, seemed like a very lovely person.

CBS.

Daily News

[quote]Here's a donation link for the Cat cafe Lviv

Cats? No Jacks, no! You used to wear those, Jacks!

Thanks you all for the information. To the person above judging those who are devoted to animal welfare, It speaks highly of the Ukraine peoples’ character, decency and compassion. I will help as well.

This is the Polish charity Dioz at R24. This same link is at the end of the article.

This is the Konrad from R24. He's cute. Help him.

This is the Polish rescue at R24.

[quote]Meanwhile, fucking Americans (especially the south) abandon their animals with... abandon.

Oh stop. People wouldn't evacuate their homes in Louisiana during Katrina because they did not want to leave their animals.

How you can help.

Animals at the Kyiv Zoo

A biosphere reserve.

The wild beauty of Ukraine.

Network for Animals. Founded by the one of the founders of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Please consider helping.

I read that the Zoo staff have moved to the Zoo and keepers are spending the night with an older elephant who is stressed.

R56 yes

Can someone post a link to a donation page for the org at R24? I read the DM article but they're linking to Facebook and I don't have an account/can't login to see it. I want to send them some money. How fucking heartbreaking this all is. Thank you everyone for all the links, I am glad to be able to help in a real albeit small way.

It seems some people won't take much interest unless there is an animal factor.

R58 this is their Instagram (@diozpl). There's an email link. I would email them. I believe they have a PayPal, but I'm not sure if it's the email on their Instagram or the one on their Facebook, which is a Gmail address, centrum.adopcyjne@...

I prefer animals over R18.

Passive-aggressive R59, we have huge global organizations helping the people. There's no UNICEF for animals. Tiny privately funded groups are helping the animals. So what. It harms no one and gets people engaged who might not otherwise care enough to contribute.

Just a heads-up: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) gave Jose Andres's World Central Kitchen money that was presumably originally donated to help animals. That's great, but if you already gave to organizations like World Central Kitchen, helping first responders in Ukraine and Poland and the like, your money directed to IFAW might be directed to World Central Kitchen and maybe similar organizations moving forward, rather than to help animals.

I'm donating money I've set aside to help animals in the crisis to others, like Network for Animals at R55. I already gave to UNICEF.

IFAW is getting plenty of publicity right now for their great work in this crisis, so I'm sure the donations are pouring in anyway; they don't need my money. Maybe some of you will give to IFAW.

[bold]Warning GRAPHIC[/bold]

Here's vid of the aftermath of a Ukrainian father and son getting stopped by Russians and murdered fleeing with their dogs - 2 of the 3 dogs are killed as well. There's a graphic view of one of the dead dogs in the vid so beware.

It looks like the dead men have been moved to the ditch. The lone alive dog is huddled, laying on a body.

[bold]Warning: GRAPHIC[/bold]

This is vid from the above R64 as it happened. The son video'd it. It's very disturbing, as you can hear one dog screaming after it's been shot, then the son screaming as the father is shot, then he has to hide + drag his dying/father out of the street. I'm not sure if the son made it out alive. Seems like he was shot and finally bled out... tho that's just my interpretation.

Translation of the tweet: "In the Kiev region, Russian invaders killed a father in front of his son. Ivankov region."

Remember, Ukraine armed with guns anyone with a passport who wanted one. A lot of bad people (criminal types) might have guns now, as well. Not just the Russians. So the dangers are even greater than just directly from the invaders.

Four Paws (UK) is reputable (Google them) and it's helping in Ukraine.

Ukraine updates on their site's front page.

Apologies, Four Paws is based in Austria, but has offices all over.

Many of the animal charity organizations are helping refugees care for their animals, too.

Animal-friendly refugee housing spreadsheet. People who are opening their homes to refugees with animals.

Sava's Safe Haven, mentioned in the Euronews article above.

It speaks well of those people, r59. Just as it speaks well of a nation that cares for its pets and wildlife…

Friend Shelter, Ukraine. They have a GoFundMe. They're mentioned in that Plant Based News article above.

Andrea Cisternino's farm sanctuary in Ukraine, mentioned in the Plant Based News article above.

R4/rescue-chick, definitely stay away. You can't help animals if your mental health isn't doing well; you have to care for yourself to help others. xo

GoFundMe for Friend Shelter, Ukraine. Mentioned at R73.

Keep posting these stories and bumping these threads. It's important to counter the pro-russian propaganda here.

[quote]The US was fucking crazy ass to prolong the Vietnam thing; I mean sending young bright men to certain death. If Nixon did anything he got us out.

Nixon thwarted the Paris Peace talks which extended the war for years and cost thousands of lives. He was an evil, corrupt mother fucker.

Today they showed a horrible clip of a whole family getting slaughtered while walking down the street: the parents, two little kids... and a cat carrier. Don't know if the cat made it.

Inside Edition

UAnimals looks like a top animal charity in Ukraine. It's mentioned in all the "how to help" pieces. I signed up for their Patreon. Their IG is interesting.

I just donated to one of the agencies listed in the article in Response 21 (Sirius - located outside of Kviv). It was fairly easy to do via PayPal when you link to the organization's website.

R82, could you show the PayPal page? I only found Google Pay, when you check out from here. TIA.

R82, I found it. Anyone who wants to pay Sirius rescue via PayPal, it's here (Sirius rescue). It says:

PayPal

Donation links:

DONATE USD

You just click on DONATE USD.

Thank you R60, I have an IG account so I'll follow them and contact them (or follow their donate link) that way. Getting an article in the Daily Mail will hopefully be very good for them (and their donations).

The DM has a few animal lovers on staff (or they just know their readers are animal lovers and use animal lover content to bolster slow news days...although we have had none of those recently) and there is one amazing shelter in Crete, Greece that, off the back of a single DM article a few years ago, has managed to build itself into what is in my opinion probably one of if not the best shelter on earth.

Recommend no one watches the posted videos, they are awful. I watched a NYT video yesterday, there was a warning but for some reason because it was the NYT I just didn't think it would be too bad and it really, really was. I won't give details but it showed the visuals and sounds of a family and their pet dying. I can't stop thinking about it.

I'm also giving to Warriors of Wildlife Ukraine. They rescue bears and lions, among other animals, in Ukraine (used for entertainment, etc.) and they have a wildlife refuge in South Africa, and a sanctuary for bears in Ukraine (since they're native to Ukraine). Their FB is active, and they have a site. This is their FB. I'll link to the donation page after.

Warriors of Wildlife's IG.

Warriors of Wildlife's donation page.

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There was a photo on Nicolle Wallace's of some people hiding in basements because of the bombing. There was an old guy there with his gray tabby cat asleep on his chest.

Network for Animals is working in Ukraine.

Ukraine's rescued bears.

Four Paws, mentioned above.

[quote] I will say, I have never seen so many people not abandoning their animals as they flee a war zone as has been reported with Ukraine. They also have special accommodations set up in Poland for the pets, all medical care provided. The people who are waiting at the borders with signs saying how many people they can house also are saying what pets they can take (with the people).

Indian and African Twitter got really mad that Ukrainian refugees brought their house pets to Poland.

Thank you, OP, for bringing her story to our attention.

We are happy to take all cats and dogs- no matter age, type, or sex. They will have warm place to stay and will be fed to, I mean fed by many people. Trust that your pets will be treated with seasonings, er I mean sincere love.

My English not as well as I want it to be.

R94, Indians in Ukraine were no different re their animals. Thankfully India let them evacuate to India with their animals.

R97

R97

UAnimals, mentioned in numerous articles, has a great Patreon. It updates at least once a day. Detailed updates with photos. Please consider joining.

Russia-Ukraine war deals blow to wildlife sanctuary owner's plans to bring brown bears to Ireland

Exclusive: Killian McLaughlin runs the Wild Ireland animal retreat in Donegal

The war has dealt a blow to a wildlife sanctuary owner here who was planning to rescue two caged brown bears from Russia and bring them 5,000km to Ireland.

Killian McLaughlin, dubbed the Bearman of Buncrana, runs the Wild Ireland animal retreat in Donegal and he has been left frustrated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the invasion.

The Donegal-based animal retreat is a partner of The Bears In Mind rescue charity and they feared for the animals’ safety in Dagestan early last year and contacted him.

European brown bears Buu and Tiopa were trapped in ‘horrendous’ 3m x 3m cages at a dog pound.

Killian, who stressed their health is fading due to the war, said: “We were sending money out to to feed them, and give them food but now there’s no way of sending money there.

“One of the bears, Buu, can’t see the outside, he can’t see the sunlight and Tiopa can’t get out of the sunlight, he doesn’t have a roof over him and he’s stuck outside in a cage with rusty iron bars.”

...

To donate to the charity at R101.

The Russians are committing genocide.

Putin has the blood of all these people on his hands.

The husband of the woman murdered in the street along with their two kids, identified his family. He said he hadn't accompanied them because one of their dogs had run away and he was trying to get them all together to leave with them.

You guys remind me of my late Grandma. She donated to several animal rights charities each month, even as she lived on her modest pension income, in her small one bedroom apartment. She spent her last years watching the Animal Network for much of the day, happy as can be. Now back on topic - wow, war is fucking brutal. 💔

Discusses IFAW's work in Ukraine right now.

White Rock Bear Sanctuary outside Kiev.

Fucking hell can they please stop this war? This kills me.

She should have just released the animals and gone to safety. The strong would have survived the rest could be food for the Russians or whatever but those animals weren't worth her life. If it had been a bunch of orphans left behind i could understand but some unwanted cats and dogs? Naw. She could have found thousands of cats and dogs to dote over all over the world, no use staying in a war zone for them.

r105 I bet he regrets that foolish decision. Leave me family alone to chase after the family dog. Yeah, real smart move. These people are nuts!

Humane Society International

Treehugger article featuring HSI.

UAnimals at R100 is Humane Society International's local partner. It says so here.

A video from UAnimals.

Is there anything distressing in that video R115? I've been watching too many videos without reading warnings this past couple of weeks and have already seen a few things i won't be able to forget.

R115, no there's nothing distressing.

Animal welfare groups are working to support the rescue and evacuation of pets from war-torn Ukraine and sending supplies to animal shelters put at risk amid Russia’s invasion.

James Sawyer, UK director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), told the BBC the organization operates two animal shelters in Ukraine with over 1,100 dogs in their care and has provided them with food and supplies.

“The devastation caused by some of these rocket attacks, that open environment full of glass, concrete and metal is dangerous to people but also to animals,” Sawyer said.

He said one of the shelters was shelled during a Russian attack, killing one animal. Staff members are frightened to light fires, he said, fearing it may draw attention to the shelters.

“Local supplies are running out,” he said of the dire situation.

The German branch of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it is currently coordinating a delivery of nearly 20 tons of companion animal food as well as blankets to animal shelters in Ukraine. They are also offering vaccinations to animals.

The group said it is working with a partner organization in Romania who has crossed the border into Ukraine to rescue abandoned animals.

Many refugees have been forced to leave their furry friends behind at the border because of they do not meet the criteria imposed by the European Union that require pets be vaccinated, microchipped and have a rabies test.

Many countries, however, including Ukraine’s neighbors Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia have eased their restrictions, animal groups confirmed.

More than 1.4 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion, with many families forced to relocate to neighboring countries, bringing only what they can carry – some documents, photos and their beloved pets.

Kyiv native Ludmilla Nadzemovska had prepared to evacuate a month ago, buying traveling cages for her four cats as signs pointed towards an imminent Russian invasion. She fled to Hungary with her cats after she heard her neighbors had been killed by Russian forces.

“I want to go back” she told The Associated Press, sitting in a camp in Tiszabecs, Hungary, just over the border. “But my priority is my family and the pets.”

Another refugee, Lena Nesterova, said she fled with her family after the first explosions rang out in Kyiv on the first day of the invasion, taking “only [my] daughter, dog, all the documents.”

“We left everything. We have no clothes, nothing,” Nesterova said. “And we don’t know what will be after.”

Her daughter, 18-year-old Margo, tightly held the family toy Chihuahua in the safety of a refugee camp in the border city of Siret, Romania.

House pets are not the only animals who suffer from the violence. Zoo animals are also threatened by air raids and shelling, including those at the Kyiv Zoo where heavy fighting was reported nearby last week.

The Kyiv Zoo is home to roughly 4,000, including elephants, camels and Ukraine’s only gorilla. The chance to evacuate the critters has already passed, zoo officials said.

“It’s almost impossible to evacuate animals, because it’s impossible to provide appropriate veterinary service and transportation,” Kyrylo Trantin, the zoo’s chief, told EuroNews, adding that the zoo only has enough food supplies to feed the animals for a few more days.

The mass exodus from Ukraine has created a crisis with the pets residents had to leave behind, but in the middle of Putin's brutal war, some Ukrainians have stepped up to save the animals.

Katya Kurletz is on the ground in Ukraine, leading the efforts to track down dogs in destroyed cities and transport them to safety in Poland and Romania ... and she joined us on "TMZ Live" Tuesday to tell us about her dangerous mission.

In the face of constant fear of encountering advancing Russian forces, Katya says she and others are doing everything they can to save Ukrainian pets from the rubble.

Katya tells us there are hundreds of dogs being evacuated ... and her group, Transform a Street Dog, still needs help transporting dogs and cats and finding them new homes.

It's pretty scary .... Katya tells us she saw a Russian missile destroy an entire block, but she couldn't let it derail her mission, because the blast left more pets in need of her help.

We've seen upwards of 1 1/2 million people flee war-torn Ukraine, including the elderly, and it's sad to think about the pets ... but there are some good folks out there looking out for the animals.

If you want to check out her effort, go to transformastreetdog .org.

Re R119, this is the GoFundMe of Transform a Street Dog. The link is in the original TMZ article.

Update on the Kiev Zoo from the Washington Post.

Dog crisis in Ukraine as Putin forces hit at least two shelters - animals flee loud bangs

RUSSIAN missiles have hit at least two animal shelters as terrified pets struggle to cope amid the destruction.

By ROSIE JEMPSON

22:48, Tue, Mar 8, 2022 | UPDATED: 23:25, Tue, Mar 8, 2022

Over one million people have reportedly fled Ukraine since Russia began its invasion on February 24, many leaving behind beloved animals to brace the war zone.

Some brave volunteers have stayed behind to help support the animals still in the country facing the ongoing devastation by Putin's troops.

Aid groups across the world have banded together in support of the animals and people affected by the atrocities including The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) which supports three animal shelters in Ukraine.

The group is now desperately trying to support the some 1,100 dogs in Ukraine, with dwindling food supplies and little access to medical care.

Two Ukrainian animal shelters are said to have been hit by Russian missiles, killing many of the cats and dogs that were inside.

Some brave volunteers have stayed behind to help support the animals still in the country facing the ongoing devastation by Putin's troops.

Aid groups across the world have banded together in support of the animals and people affected by the atrocities including The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) which supports three animal shelters in Ukraine.

The group is now desperately trying to support the some 1,100 dogs in Ukraine, with dwindling food supplies and little access to medical care.

Two Ukrainian animal shelters are said to have been hit by Russian missiles, killing many of the cats and dogs that were inside.

The Holivka dog shelter, located in eastern Ukraine, was hit by a shell on February 27, killing one dog.

On March 1, another shelter, Pif, located in Donetsk, was attacked by Russian soldiers, with "many dogs and cats killed".

The IFAW said animal shelters are normally left alone during conflicts similar to this one - but they have not escaped the attack in Ukraine.

Kind-hearted volunteers for IFAW have already dispersed £114,000 of emergency aid and are raising more to support the animals in dire need.

James Sawyer, the charity's regional director, told The Mirror: "The most helpful thing right now is to provide local groups with resources. We can't put boots on the ground, it's too dangerous."

"The shelters workers are currently still in place and we will provide resources so they can carry on caring for the dogs. The conditions are very difficult".

He described the staff's reluctance to cook hot food for the dogs as they fear fire could draw attention to the shelter, meaning they are even more desperate for dry food.

The staff are still able to purchase supplies locally but this will not be sufficient over a longer period, and the IFAW warn that "local supplies are running out".

The animal welfare group is working closely with authorities to provide aid packages but is finding it difficult to get information out of the country.

Last week, the IFAW reported that both its partner shelters in Ukraine had received some emergency funds that helped pay for pet food, veterinary supplies and wages for daily care staff.

A message from one shelter partner read: "Our dogs are very scared. Many do not leave [their dog houses]. [Indoor] dogs do not go outside. We are without rest and breaks at the shelter.

"It's very difficult for us right now. We are grateful to everyone. We really want peace. We are extremely tired mentally and physically.

"You are there and we feel it. THANKS! 10,000 times THANK YOU to everyone!"

This is the organization in the TMZ piece. I gave them some money. Please consider giving.

[quote] He said he hadn't accompanied them because one of their dogs had run away and he was trying to get them all together to leave with them.

So that dog saved his life in a way.

SANDUSKY, Ohio (WTVG) - A local business is holding a fundraiser to help animals affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

DogGone Gorgeous Grooming Daycare and Boarding in Sandusky, Ohio is selling t-shirts to help the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and its relief efforts overseas.

According to owners of the business, 100% of the profits from the t-shirt sales will go to IFAW relief efforts for Ukrainian animal shelters.

The shirts cost $24 and $12 from each sale will go toward the fundraising effort. Designs and colors for the shirts are interchangeable.

“Animals are our passion and we could not sit by and do nothing,” the owners said in a statement to 13abc. “Could not imagine having to choose to leave our beloved pets behind. Watching people and their dogs roaming the war stricken streets is heartbreaking.”

You can find a link to purchase the shirts here.

Great article with lots of pictures, raising money for Project Red Shed, but showing everything that's going on.

Project Red Shed. They're helping all sorts of animals.

Features legitimate groups in Ukraine whom you can help.

An organization around the world is continuing to raise money for the people of Ukraine, and local animal shelters have joined their efforts.

The mission however, is to help the animals in need.

The ANNA Shelter and Erie Humane Society are two local organizations that are doing everything in their power to send money to animal shelters over in Ukraine.

As Ukrainians flee their war-torn country for safety, many are forced to leave behind their four legged family members.

Those animals however, have not been forgotten.

Animal shelters here in Erie are doing everything they can to raise money through their website.

“I just don’t know what to do. Obviously I knew bringing animals here was not an option. Praying for them was the only thing we thought we could do, and then really cool. Our administrator for our website is actually from Ukraine, so he started a fund,” said Ruth Thompson, Director of ANNA Shelter.

The Erie Humane Society started their fundraiser on March 3. in an effort to help as many animals as possible in Ukraine.

The executive director said that they had surpassed their goal within six hours of launching the fundraiser.

“So we said why don’t we just give it a shot and do a minimum of a thousand dollars and see if that little bit can impact a shelter or two? Whether it’s food, or it’s to make sure these pets are getting vaccinated, or whatever they need,” said Nicole Leone, Executive Director of Erie Humane Society.

At last check, the Erie Humane Society had almost doubled their goal while raising nearly $2,000.

Employees at both the ANNA Shelter and the Erie Humane Society are hoping to raise enough money to help those suffering animals in Ukraine.

“If there is anything it can help you with, you know I’m praying that is where the money goes, and it is found to be a help somewhere,” said Thompson.

The executive director of the Erie Humane Society said that she has already connected with two shelters in Ukraine. The money raised here in Erie will be sent to them through the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

“I have reached out on some of their social platforms and I think right now they are trying to get through day to day and try to do the best they can for all of these pets,” said Leone.

People we spoke with said that right now they are hoping to get as much monetary donations as possible and that there is no end date on the fundraiser.

For more information on how to support the Humane Society during this mission, click here. [link on original page]

Twin lions fleeing Ukraine war arrive at Belgian refuge

Pen Farthing’s Nowzad launches efforts to help Ukraine animals

Former marine wants to create a staging post in Poland for supplies that can be used to support and resupply animal shelters in war-torn Ukraine once humanitarian corridors open up.

Joshua Silverwood March 08, 2022

A UK charity led by a former marine has announced plans to set up a staging post in Poland to help get supplies to animal shelters across Ukraine.

Previously dedicated to caring for animals at its shelter in Afghanistan, Nowzad’s founder Paul “Pen” Farthing announced on social media that the group will be organising efforts to support and resupply animal shelters in Ukraine following the Russian invasion.

Taking to social media, Mr Farthing said Nowzad intended to create a staging post in eastern Poland, where supplies and equipment would be collected before onward distribution in Ukraine once a humanitarian corridor becomes available.

'Watched in horror’

Mr Farthing said: “Just like you, the team here at Nowzad have watched in horror at the events unfolding in Ukraine. We have no words to describe the brutality and needless suffering inflicted upon both the Ukrainian people and its animals.

“As Nowzad does not own or manage kennelling facilities in the UK or US, we will not be rescuing dogs and cats with the intention of bringing them to be re-homed in the west. With our own evacuation of Afghanistan only seven months ago, we are still busy rehoming dogs that were part of the Operation Ark rescue effort.

“We are extremely proud to see the rescue community has come together to support Ukrainians who are fleeing the country with their pets, and we commend those rescue groups for their efforts to provide relief and assistance at the border crossings.”

Support

Mr Farthing added: “Your financial support will be used to give vital support to selected rescue shelters and organisations that we can reach once this horrific war has ended. With your generous support we will look to rebuild their destroyed or damaged shelters, and assist them with further programmes.”

In a video posted to Facebook, Mr Farthing elaborated that the resources gathered would be stockpiled at the staging point in Poland, with a view to getting them out to animal rescue staff in Ukraine.

These supplies would be distributed to designated shelters and rescue groups through humanitarian aid corridors once those become available to travel.

Corridors

Mr Farthing said: “The plan is to support these shelters, these rescues, these individuals in Ukraine as much as we possibly can, with the supplies they are going to need once the humanitarian corridors open up.

“So what we are going to work on over the next few weeks is to get these supplies over to the facility we have set up over in eastern Poland. We are going to build up a staging area and, as and when, move those supplies over to Ukraine.

“It will be going to selected rescues and shelters that we have found who desperately need our help. That will be things like medical supplies, food, maybe even building supplies to repair some of the damage caused by this conflict.”

The team is calling on people who may be interested in helping move supplies across Europe to the staging post to email info@ nowzad.com

Further information about the project is available online or to donate to Nowzad, visit its donation page.

Update from Network for Animals, just posted. The bad and the good news.

Lions

Transform a Street Dog

Anyone who shits on people helping the helpless is a bad person.

If anyone needs any info on organizations or how to help, let me know. I'll research and post.

I'm giving $10 every day to several of these orgs, and have signed up for all the Patreons.

Giving to Austria's Four Paws today

The latest from NFA.

Watching the fleeing Ukrainians hanging onto their dogs and cats shows the kindness of the people. Such a tragedy. Somebody kill Putin.

Same, R137. It's not much because I am fucking poor but it's a little. And I think with the publicity these orgs keep on getting hopefully a lot of little donations can add up.

And yes, seeing these photos of people clutching their pets as they flee is heartbreaking. So is imagining all the ones left behind.

Is there a link for UAnimals (to their Patreon, ideally) in English? I want to send a link to my wealthy and animal-loving aunt and uncle but they'll be suspicious of a link in another language. Also was there a link to a list of "trustworthy" orgs (i.e. that mentions UAnimals) that itself is a known website? Again, I feel like my relatives will immediately assume it's some kind of scam I've fallen for if I don't send them to a site they recognize. I do think they'll be happy to fork over a fat monthly donation(s), though, so want to make it easy for them. (they are not on social media so FB an IG links etc. won't work).

Thank you to the person who keeps updating this thread.

R142, the UAnimals Patreon is in both English and Ukrainian. The daily posts are very good and worth it for me. Posts show up in English first, followed by Ukrainian.

I'll find the second thing now. The reputable publication with a list of organizations. Thanks for getting them to give.

R142, Vogue has a list. UAnimals is in it. They describe it as an animal rights group—will that turn them off? I'll find another just.

R142 this is UAnimals's IG. The posts are in Ukrainian first then English. They say animal rights in the description as well. They're much more about animal welfare.

R142, this CBS local news story mentions UAnimals and how it's been better by the San Diego Humane Society.

R142, this Mercury News article (Bay Area) mentions UAnimals.

R142, UAnimals in a Travel and Leisure piece.

R142, Architectural Digest has a mention.

R142, here's the link for R147.

R142, UAnimals is a partner of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). They're mentioned here.

R142, will they know about The Dodo? Because this article has UAnimals and several others.

Thank you very much for all the links, I will be sending them along. My aunt and uncle are huge animal lovers and I imagine will want to donate a generous amount. Thank you again.

how it's been *vetted

the goat has me sobbing

R155, whenever I'm sad about an animal I see on YouTube, etc. I give $10 to a rescue. It relieves the sadness just enough for me to distract myself so the animal isn't at the top of my mind. I feel you.

heartbreaking

Can't watch FB videos, possibly a blessing this time.

The latest from NFA.

R159 might be triggering. It's quite sad.

I feed raccoons. I know. I shouldn't. There's a baby raccoon who shows up all by himself. He's a blond raccoon. He either has a broken leg or a birth defect and his hindquarters are all twisted. Last night I gave him grapes. He would pick off the grapes, pop them in his mouth and then spit out the skins. I called a wildlife rehabber but they said they'd probably just euthanize him. I love my baby blond handicapped raccoon.

Now back to the poor animals in Ukraine.

Helping the animals means helping their humans.

Please help.

I love animals so much, that I've donated to a few charities, but then I feel guilty about not caring about humans so much, that I guilt donate to Medicine Sans Frontiers, Amnesty Intl, and Equality California.

You're very kind, r163. Don't feel too badly if you give mainly to the animal charities.

Humans have UNICEF, UNHCR, Red Cross, etc. Animals have almost nothing by comparison. Certainly not organizations that have billions available to them.

Amnesty gets government funding from all Western countries.

But you've done great.

Thank you for assuaging my guilt r164. I guess it stems from my Spock-like Chinese side. I've donated to 3 Ukrainian animal charities, 3 Ukrainian human charities, and an Etsy seller that I recently purchased from- a week after I got my stuff, the incursion began.

To others who've signed up for UAnimals's Patreon -- the daily updates are excellent, right?

R161 Have you seen this Youtube channel? This guy looks after a lot of local raccoons (and the local wildlife officers are apparently OK with it) and he probably has knowledge about what would be best for the little guy you describe. I think he (the man with the channel) would be open to being contacted, he seems very concerned with raccoons and their welfare in general. He doesn't seem nutty, either.

r161, I would love to see a blond raccoon!

An Ark of exotic animals from a rescue shelter in Kyiv is finally in the safe hands of Poznań Zoo after a small convoy made a six-day odyssey across the war-stricken country.

After surviving close encounters with Russian tanks and coming under rocket attack, the vulnerable animals and their Ukrainian carers had to endure an eight-hour wait at the border before handing over the precious cargo to zoo staff, who were waiting on the Polish side.

Made another donation to Network for Animals.

I hope that dog shown in the pic is OK, R170, but I'm too afraid to click and find out.

Please help NFA get another evacuation ambulance. I gave some.

Like UAnimals, Shelter Ugolyok has very good updates on their Patreon. They just saved a bunch of puppies.

R173 their video

I guess I have no way of knowing if this woman is genuine or not, but the sad doggie eyes got to me. She says she is sending money to a friend who has stayed in Odessa to care for abandoned pets:

Done, R172.

Anyone got any ideas on how to get this woman's husband and dog out of Russia? She's sounds desperate.

Why does she need to "flee" Russia in the first place R177? Russia isn't being bombed. I am very suspicious of the Russians trying to get into Europe right now. Stay the fuck away. Being deprived of western commodities doesn't give you an excuse to head to Europe.

Incredible story from Ukraine. A woman saw a dog - maybe a husky or German Shepherd - running through the fields. Seemed to be lost and sad. She chased after him, finally managed to catch him with some food, fed him and then managed to get a leash on him to take him to the vet's as he didn't look well, she thought he must be sick.

The vet advised her she had caught a wolf. Poor thing, probably his whole pack had been killed.

I can’t help it but I’m crying. You can’t explain to animals what’s happening. Babies either.

God bless them

R176, thanks so much.

PETA UK is heading to Odessa with food.

BHL is in Odessa. Not good for Ukraine's future.

R184 is in the wrong thread. Apologies.

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Shelter Ugolyok's site.

I signed up for their Patreon, but they also use PayPal (use the menu to get to the donations page).

*along with a number

Shelter Ugolyok covered by Ukrainian media. It's lovely. I hope they avoid the war.

Sorry, I should mention R189 also discusses the persecution they face from the locals. It's irrational.

Rather, it discusses and shows the persecution (beatings at town meetings, etc.).

I'm an ice-cold bitch and even I am wiping my eyes and blowing my nose. The poor animals.

There's an article up on twitter from The New Statesman about Ukrainians evacuating with their pets. Don't know how to copy it here. "In the face of Russia’s indiscriminate attack, Ukrainians’ care for their animals is an act of defiance."

The Brazilian government just announced they will take Ukrainian refugees AND their pets.

Nikolaev Zoo is desperate for cash to buy supplies and food. People are buying tickets online to send cash.

Nikolaev Zoo at link. The donate button is the red rounded rectangle in the upper-right corner. It links to a page in Ukrainian, but the translation by Chrome works well.

Great update today from Shelter Ugolyok today on Patreon (the farm sanctuary + dogs and cats).

Now This News has a CNN segment about DIOZ animal rescue in Poland. They're the ones with Sasha, the baby goat. He appears in the segment.

DIOZ's page

DIOZ's PayPal link is on the tab "Tak pomozesz" (the middle link near the top of the page, with the maroon background).

Nice tweet about DIOZ with video.

DIOZ's Instagram page.

thanks for all those links everybody

From today:

DIOZ's warehouse, supplying people going in to Ukraine to bring animals back to Poland, and to provide supplies to shelters in Ukraine.

Update from Warriors of Wildlife about the rescue of Masha the bear.

Donation page for Warriors of Wildlife. They use PayPal.

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PETA is working to ease entry requirements for EU member states.

R194 Mykolaiv (AKA Nicolaev) zoo update.

Update from Network for Animals just posted.

Help animals in Odessa.

Animal SOS Odessa (R210 organization).

Say what we will about Dataloungers and pointless bitchery, but we do all seem to love critters and it makes me love you all a little more.

*Please help animals in Odessa.

R210 we're so close to $2000. Anyone have some money to spare? Please?

Raccoon cafe in Kharkiv.

An American channel interviewed the husband/father of the family killed by shelling over a week ago. He mentions the dog in the interview but I don't understand what he means. Is he saying the dog is also dead and he recovered it's body? Or is he referring to a dog he had with him (there were reports he had 1 dog and the family had the other in the carrier)? Maybe both dogs were in the carrier and one lived? Either way I find myself a little obsessed about whether or not this man still has one of his pets after losing everything. Can anyone understand what he's saying? There is an interpreter translating to English. Also warning, you will cry watching this. He learned his children were dead after seeing images of their bodies on social media. Fuck Vladimir Putin.

R215, both dogs were shot or otherwise injured. They were brought to a vet. One died. The other survived but lost a leg.

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R217 is for R216.

The Today Show's 5 verified charities:

Network for Animals (R91, networkforanimals.org)

International Fund for Animal Welfare (just a note: they gave money to Jose Andres, so not all your money may go to animals)

Humane Society Int'l (hsi.org)

UAnimals (R11)

Happy Paw (R9)

R142 see R220 if you need more re UAnimals for your relatives. Today Show.

Thank you R17. Also R220/R221. I will pass it on. My relative (very proper type person) has started ending all emails to me with "P.S. Fuck Putin."

Is there any way to retrace the donations you made on Gofundme? I donated to a bunch of Ukranian pet charities, but now one of them has shown up as "Stand with UK" in my list of transactions, and I'm wondering what the hell I donated to.

Oh, and it says I donated via GOFNDME, as opposed to GoFundMe for the other donations.

I would contact customer service, r223. They can probably figure it out.

Shgelter Ugolyok update:

"60 dogs from Donetsk shelter evacuation started...

"Well guess it is only the beginning reaching more then 200 dogs in😩"

They meant "evacuated" not "evaluated" in the YouTube title.

I would have dated Alexandra in a heartbeat (not that she’d have me!). A courageous animal lover who was so gorgeous, totally my type and in the same age bracket too. She would have gone on to do something good with her life, I don’t doubt. Awful and wasteful loss.

Another Shelter Ugolyok update today. An adoption! I think in Poland:

"Very very fast an abandoned pup found himself a family. No words to say how happy he was! He understood what is happening and was very excited 😊"

Shelter Ugolyok on IG.

Shelter Ugolyok's LinkTree. Lots of ways to help.

R12 I have seen many families on the train to Austria and Switzerland that took their pets. It's not a problem.

Constantly updated info about the requirements of the various European countries in relation to relaxed rules for refugees' animals. PETA UK and PETA Germany are spearheading the efforts to relax the requirements.

This seems to be a small rescue in Odessa.

A veterinarian couple in Odessa, famous in IG, doing charity work for animals.

Hero vet braves Ukraine battle zone to rescue injured animals

By Samantha Ibrahim

March 21, 2022 | 11:12am

A veterinarian is being hailed as a hero after he navigated war-torn Ukraine to save animals caught in the crossfire of the rising conflict.

Jakub Kotowicz has rescued over 200 cats and 60 dogs from Lviv, across three convoys.

The 32-year-old entered the war zone last week as part of a caravan from Przemyśl on the Polish border.

The animals he liberated included Vira, a dog with a bullet caught in her spine; and a pygmy goat with deformed legs, named Sasha.

Kotowicz hopes to adopt the goat, who now shares a comfy bed with several Chihuahuas.

The vet opened up the animal rescue charity ADA Foundation when he was 17 and he’s using his organization to rescue the animals trapped in the war.

He told SWNS that he hopes to purchase another ambulance and transform a pizza store as a hub for more rescued animals and as a warehouse for packing supplies.

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To help the efforts at R253. This link is at the bottom of the article.

RADAUTI, Romania — Simba the lion and a wolf named Akyla have been evacuated from a zoo in war-torn Ukraine and brought to safety in Romania in what an animal rights group involved in the operation says was a four-day mission “full of dangers” further hampered by border entry bureaucracy.

The adult male lion and the gray wolf, who were fully awake during the dangerous journey due to lack of tranquilizers in Ukraine, arrived Monday at a zoo in Radauti, from a zoo in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine.

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Today Show: cute 28-y.o. American comes to Ukraine to help animals.

Kangaroos and wallabies evacuated from Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv.

The Mykolaiv Zoo's 4,000 wild animals are trapped by the war in Ukraine. As air raid sirens wail across the southern city, a leopard brushes nervously against the bars of his cage.

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Hilton Head dog groomer heads to Ukraine to help animals.

WaPo opinion piece yesterday.

I'm wondering about the farm animals - if anyone is saving them. I know there are some farm sanctuaries in Ukraine.

Radio Free Europe piece about Shelter Friend, one of the charities mentioned in this thread.

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Animal welfare in wartime

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated our deep connection to other species — and the need to better protect them in conflict and disaster.

I hope the Russians end up seeing this and feel shame. They need to kill that POS in charge.

The only positive quality I've ever seen ascribed to Putin is that he loves animals. Maybe the animals suffering in Ukraine will affect him even if the people's suffering doesn't.

Rescue of a big dog locked in this apartment.

National Geographic covers Masha the bear in Ukraine.

From R250 (National Geo). Links in the original.

The following are just some of the groups working to help Ukraine’s animals. Visit their websites to learn more about how to get involved.

- Warriors of Wildlife, the Ukraine-based group that rescued Masha

- Libearty Bear Sanctuary, in Romania, where Masha now lives

- Leonid and Valentina Stoyanov, veterinarians in Odesa, Ukraine, helping abandoned animals

- Red Shed, which lists supplies needed by animal shelters and their addresses

- DIOZ, a Polish charity bringing food and medicine to animals in Kyiv, Mariupol, and elsewhere

The Warriors of Wildlife link in the Nat Geo article is wrong. This is the correct link.

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From animal rescue efforts to independent vegan restaurant donations, these efforts prove that we all can make a difference in Ukraine from abroad.

Gostomel shelter desperately needs help. It's UA's largest shelter.

Just one shelter in Khmelnysky.

Dogs at the Hungarian border.

UAnimals's daily Patreon updates are really excellent. Consider signing up.

A sample - UAnimals's latest update. Consider signing up.

The Patreon update is longer and has more pictures, by the way. It's worth it.

Update from the Mariupol zoo.

From yesterday.

All Creatures Great and Small

The country the Russians came to destroy, in fighting for its life, has become one that extends solidarity and love beyond its human citizens.

By George Packer

I hate zoos, but this of course is tragic.

This was in UAnimalss's latest Patreon update. Please help.

According to the charity UAnimals, the shelter's 485 dogs remained locked in their cages from the beginning of the war in late February until the beginning of April, when Russian soldiers left Borodyanka and charity volunteers were able to return to the shelter. During that time, the dogs were left without any food or water, the charity said. By the time the volunteers finally gained access to the building on April 1, all but 150 of the 485 animals had died.

Country Living's list of vetted charities.

Oh God, there were some pics up on twitter of a bunch of dogs who had starved to death in a shelter. And then there was a pic of a man who had been shot to death riding on his bike. His dog who survived, lying next to the body.

I saw that pic, R266. I can't look at the ones of the poor dogs in the shelter. Sometimes I see why people go to such great lengths to maintain a belief in an afterlife/god/some kind of commensurate reward for a life well- (or ill-) lived. Without a belief like that there is nothing but despair seeing the suffering in Ukraine. All of these people and animals died awfully and in pain. You want there to be some relief for them, don't you? And it's awful to face that there might not be.

NPR covered the latest big story.

The UK is seizing adopted dogs from UA.

I gave a bit to Network for Animals, mentioned in posts above.

Just posted by Network for Animals.

Network for Animals post about ambulances - one of DIOZ's ambulances, already very run-down, was in an accident.

Just posted.

Here's a link to a video of a puppy being rescued (I promise it has a good ending but it's insane all the same).

Like UAnimals, Shelter Ugolyok at R10 also has excellent updates on Patreon.

Saw this from a Cleveland local news site.

A Today Show report from a few days ago.

I'm somewhat surprised that my local (rich) animal hospitals aren't emailing patients asking for donations to help.

From The Dodo. Masha the bear has been covered in this thread.

OP HAS to be a Lesbian Rescue Woman. Rescue Chick is that you?