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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

In Mykolaiv, the State Emergency Service personnel rescued a Labrador from a block of apartments ruined by russians. The rescuers shot a video of the complicated rescue process. The pet owner asked them for help. The SES personnel used special equipment – a crane with a cradle – to rescue the dog from the destroyed building. This is not the only case of rescuers’ responding to calls to rescue pets in active combat areas. Pets were also rescued in Bucha, Borodianka, and Irpin.

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• Mykolaiv

The company’s vineyards and production facilities are located in Mykolaiv Oblast on the boundary of the temporarily occupied territory. It is the second Ukrainian winery to win a Gold medal. At the same time, russian wineries were banned from participating in the contest.

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Scythia’s Oysters is a unique farm on the shore of the Tylihul Estuary founded in 2014, during the earlier russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The farm restarted its operations despite the war and shelling by russians. They try not to pause their lives even in this difficult situation; they work and pay taxes that the country needs desperately. Scythia’s Oysters not only cultivate cheap mollusks and supply them to restaurants all over the country. According to them, they review Ukraine’s historical craft that disappeared after the soviet occupation.

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