Ukraine Updates

March 7, 2022

© Animal Rescue Kharkiv

Since just days after the war in Ukraine started in February 2022, PETA Germany and its partners have been risking it all to save animals in need. From flooding to missile strikes, Global Compassion Fund–backed teams have risked it all to help Ukraine’s animals. Meet some of the beautiful souls who now have a second chance at life because of your support.

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With two vans, one animal ambulance, and plans to rescue another 80 animals from Ukraine and bring them to safety in Poland, PETA entities are on another rescue mission.

Thanks to a network of brave volunteers, cats and dogs from all over Ukraine are being taken to a shelter in Lviv, in the west of the country, where PETA Germany is collecting them. The group will then help them be adopted into loving homes or reunited with their families.

All the animals rescued last week are safe and being cared for. Their stomachs are full, and they’re receiving all necessary veterinary care and being spayed or neutered as well as vaccinated and given some much-needed TLC. Thirty-six of them are now en route to Germany, where they will be put up for adoption far away from the conflict zone.

On Friday, three volunteers bringing food to an animal shelter in Bucha, just outside Kyiv, were shot and killed, reportedly by Russian troops. The three fearless individuals successfully delivered the provisions to the shelter—which had gone without food for three days—before being tragically killed.

“She was one of the best human beings I knew .… She loved animals,”

said the husband of 26-year-old Anastasiia Yalanskaya, one of the volunteers who lost their lives. We salute these three heroes, and PETA entities will channel their bravery and perseverance as they carry on this important work.

In addition to the 88,000 pounds of food taken to Ukraine last week, PETA Germany has organized the delivery of 40,000 more pounds of food for cats and dogs, which is now on its way to Odessa in southern Ukraine.