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At the start of the war, Domazhyr, a bear sanctuary near Lviv, took in seven new residents from Bila Skelia, a bear shelter in Kyiv Oblast. According to Domazhyr employees, the journey was very hard because some roads were unsafe. Trucks with bears had to make a long detour because of fighting on the most direct road.

Four bears from Kyiv Oblast have already been moved to Germany. Four bears still live in Domazhyr. They will be transported back home to Kyiv Oblast soon.

By way of background information: Domazhyr Bear Sanctuary helps bears by rescuing them from hunting training centers, traveling zoos and circuses, hotels, and restaurants. The living conditions in the sanctuary are close to the natural conditions.

Please visit the sanctuary’s website at: www.bearsanctuary-domazhyr.org/ua

• animals
• Lviv

Due to the war, Kyiv Horse Race Track lost all opportunities to earn money and, accordingly, to manage and train horses. As a result, many horses with good chances of becoming champions do not have them anymore. For this reason, employees of the Horse Race Track decided to ask everyone to help. Everyone can sponsor a young horse. Also, everyone can help the Horse Race Track with money to be spent on managing, purchasing, transporting, caring for, and training young pedigree horses.

By way of background information: Kyiv Horse Race Track is the core of the entire horse husbandry sector, employing hundreds of people in breeding institutes and state-owned and private pedigree horse breeding farms. It also employs veterinarians, blacksmiths, coaches, and jockeys.

• animals
• Kyiv

Domivka, a pet rescue shelter in Lviv, helps rescue pets who lost their masters due to the war. Volunteers sheltered more than 3,000 pets. They include a goat named Borys that is treated for burn wounds. Bombs destroyed the goat’s shed in Hostomel, but the goat managed to get out. Witnesses joke that Borys later chased invaders away from a house—the animal took over a building earlier occupied by the russian military. The goat spent three weeks in the house.

• animals
• Lviv