Ukraine Updates
March 14, 2022
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.
PETA has received confirmation that entry requirements for companion animals from Ukraine into the U.K. have now been relaxed. Instead of applying for a license in advance, refugees can arrive at the border and the Animal and Plant Health Agency will assist with simplified paperwork and cover the costs of vaccination and quarantine.
The quarantine period may be up to four months, depending on the vaccination status of each animal. However, PETA U.K. is calling for this to be shortened and for regular visits from the animals’ guardians to be allowed.
Meanwhile, the PETA Germany team is continuing to rescue as many animals as possible. This weekend, they brought another 100 cats and dogs safely across the border into Poland, and the team has now rescued more than 500 animals.
This cat is from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, which has been heavily bombarded:
And this 12-year-old dog, whom the team named Josef, came all the way from Donetsk. Vets are now treating his injured leg:
Many of the rescued animals are currently being cared for at a wonderful shelter and getting all the TLC (and medical attention) they desperately need.
Mishka used to live on the streets of Lviv, Ukraine. Now, she is safe in Poland. The team rescued this mom and her puppies last week. Look how peaceful they are now they are out of danger!
PETA Germany’s partner organization, Eduxanima, is at the Romanian border helping refugees with animals. It has set up a portable clinic, where the team is microchipping and vaccinating the animals, issuing them passports, and providing them and their families with food– all free of charge.
And the good news doesn’t end there: Hungry cats and dogs in Odesa, Ukraine, are finally getting a proper meal today after PETA Germany delivered more than 44,000 pounds of food for the starving animals in the city. The truck stocked with companion animal food traveled all the way from Berlin to this city in the very south of Ukraine.
This tough and dangerous journey took a week: five days of driving and two days of waiting, making phone calls, and sorting out the paperwork to cross multiple borders. Finally, the stomachs of cats and dogs in Odesa will be full.
PETA Germany has now delivered more than 132,000 pounds of cat and dog food to Ukraine, and much more is on the way.
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