Recording
'There’s fighting there, girl.' 'I don’t care, my puppy is there'
A shelter owner from Irpin evacuated animals under shelling and began rescuing dogs from flashpoints
Anastasiia Tykha02/08/23
Animals in Wartime
Stories of rescuing and losing pets and wild animals. Testimonies of volunteers who establish shelters and evacuate animals from the war zone and occupied territories.
6 Testimonies
- Recording
They loaded everyone: dogs, cats, a hedgehog
The home of Kherson retirees was flooded after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. Ukrainian soldiers evacuated them from occupied territory
Henadii and Olena Rotar06/09/23 - Recording
We’ve held out so many days, and you’re trying to scare us with tanks?
A Mykolaiv resident on constant shelling, the choice to keep living fully, and running an animal shelter
Nastia Martsypan08/11/22 - Text
They cut into people’s dogs alive before their eyes. Skinned them
A dog handler from Lviv describes evacuating people with their pets and the Russian soldiers' treatment of animals
Olena Ostashchenko04/07/22 - Text
I’m the strongest woman on the planet; I urgently need pet food at the lowest price
How the world powerlifting champion rescues animals and people
Anna Kurkurina11/16/22 - Text
Bombs are hitting the hangar 100 meters away on one side, 70–80 meters on the other. And we’re in the middle — grabbing whatever animals we can
An animal rescue activist evacuates lions and tigers from under shelling
Nataliia Popova04/24/22
