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Ukrainian military and animal advocates of UAnimals rescued a bear who was shell-shocked near the de-occupied Lyman. After the liberation of the city, the injured animal was found locked in the cubicle. The private zoo was occupied, but the bear miraculously survived. Volunteers took the bear to the wild animal rescue center in Kyiv region.

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• Kyiv

Tymko III, the groundhog from Kharkiv Oblast who has traditionally forecasted the weather, is now back from russian captivity. Together with other animals, Tymko survived the occupation in Nesterivka until Ukraine’s Armed Forces liberated the village during the counterassault in Kharkiv Oblast. Tymko, together with 38 other groundhogs living in the area of the biological research station of Kharkiv’s Karazin University, got under the russian occupation in the spring. Two biological research station employees, Volodymyr and Halyna, stayed to keep an eye on the animals. Volodymyr Hrubnyk, the head of the Eastern Steppe Laboratory of the Department of Biology of Karazin University in Kharkiv, told that the groundhogs were safe and sound and received a shipment of humanitarian aid.

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Volunteers of the Patron Pets Center, which helps stray animals, go to the liberated territories in Kharkiv Oblast, including Izium, to bring feed for abandoned cats and dogs. They not only feed the animals but also try to find out how much feed they will need in the future and search for people who could take care of the animals on an ongoing basis. Volunteers feed hundreds of abandoned pets in Izium in Kharkiv Oblast and work in other liberated cities and villages where animals need help.

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At the beginning of the full-scale war, Mykolaiv Zoo didn’t have enough money to even feed the animals, because it didn’t have any income. It is located in the center of Mykolaiv, and there were no people willing to come to the zoo under fire. So the zoo management suggested that Ukrainians buy tickets to the zoo online. This led to raising UAH 3 million for the animals, Volodymyr Topchiy, Zoo Director says.

In addition, Lutsk Zoo, which is far from the front line, decided to employ refugees from Donbas. For example, a man, who used to work at a factory, bottle-feeds even-toed ungulates now, and a cook prepares food for monkeys.

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• Lutsk
• Mykolaiv

Tetiana Hladysh, an artisan and writer from Kherson Oblast, has suffered from a rare disease affecting her bones since she was born and has to get about on crutches. In mid-March, Tetiana with her family left her village in Kherson Oblast due to fighting all around and with the necessary medicines running out. Tetiana left her cat and dog to her aunt, who promised to take care of them. Later, the aunt was evacuated, and the pets were left unattended behind.

Eventually, volunteers managed to bring the pets to Odesa, while Tetiana, having been injured a day earlier and supposed to stay in bed, drove through half a country to bring her pets to their new home. The entire family lives in Ternopil Oblast now. When Tetiana Hladysh becomes homesick after Kherson Oblast, she works and creates to manage her emotions.

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A bear named Bakhmut by volunteers was left in a private home in Donetsk Oblast in the area of fierce combat. Ukrainian soldiers found it in an enclosure with a damaged roof. The bear was exhausted and under extreme stress. The Ukrainian soldiers fed the animal until the volunteers came to pick it up.

They brought Bakhmut to the Domazhyr Bear Sanctuary in Lviv Oblast, where a team of specialists will care for the animal.

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• military
• Lviv

A married couple of K-9 handlers serve in a border guard detachment in Odesa Oblast. They met during a training course in a K-9 training center one month before the start of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The husband handles a German Shepherd, and the wife – a Jack Russell Terrier. During the all-out war, they were deployed far from each other several times; lately, they were transferred to serve in the same unit.

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• Odesa

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Cherkasy Zoo has provided shelter to 70 displaced animals. However, the zoo lacks funds to keep them. Previously, the zoo could pay for itself by selling tickets to visitors. Now, the number of visitors has decreased by a factor of three, while the needs of the institution have grown significantly. In addition to food for newly arrived residents, the zoo is also trying to raise funds for the construction of new enclosures.

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• Cherkasy

Kyiv Horse Race Track helps horses from pedigree horse breeding farms located in the areas of active combat in Zaporizhia and Kharkiv Oblasts. Every day, animals face the risk of being wounded or killed by russian artillery fire. The Horse Race Track also raises funds for farms affected by the invasion. They use the money to transport, feed, care for, and train the horses. Furthermore, everyone can sponsor or even buy a horse they like.

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• Kyiv

The shelter for rescued animals in Lviv provided shelter for more than 5,000 pets that lost their masters. Most have already been adopted, but some are still waiting for adoption.

Animal rights activists started building a new shelter on the land plot that had been handed over as charitable aid to the Shelter to keep helping the animals. The active construction work is ongoing at the site, and everyone’s help or donation is welcome.

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• Lviv