Ukraine Updates
April 19, 2024
© 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.
60 Dogs and Cats Are on Their Way to New Lives, Thanks to Rescuers in Ukraine
Sixty dogs and cats are starting a new chapter of their lives far from the chaos of the front lines, thanks to the compassionate people who have been feeding and protecting them in Ukraine. Watch the uplifting moments when the PETA-supported rescue team from Animal Rescue Kharkiv arrives to safely transport these traumatized animals to a better life.
Here’s how teams have moved mountains for animals in Ukraine since the onset of the war:
- They’ve created 1,300 safe spaces for housing animals in need, including dogs, cats, horses, sheep, goats, chickens, pigeons, geese, ducks, swans, and fish.
- PETA’s Global Compassion Fund helped establish a veterinary clinic in October 2022. Up to 130 seriously injured and ill animals can be operated on and given the best possible care every day.
- Every month, team members perform spay/neuter surgeries for around 150 animals to prevent thousands from being born on the streets, only to suffer and die there.
- Animals in Ukraine have received more than 3 million pounds of food and other provisions, despite conditions that often make deliveries difficult.
- All the animals in the project receive regular veterinary care. The ones who will be transported to Europe for adoption are quarantined and prepared for the journey in accordance with EU regulations. This takes 16 weeks per animal! Around 60% of the animals are reunited with their guardians who have fled, while the remaining 40% are transported to our partner shelters in Europe.
- Every day, 85 PETA-supported employees work on site to care for the animals there and rescue others.
- A total of 15,450 animals have been rescued so far!
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