Animal Rescue Stories
Animal Rescue Stories
Lucy was rescued from the catastrophic flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on 6th June 2023 in the Kherson region. She was nursed back to health by Krystina at her dog shelter “Under the Sun” in the Odesa region, where Lucy is still waiting to meet her forever family.
From Rescue to Recovery
The photo taken by Serhii Korovayny of Baghira clinging to animal rescuer Ruslan’s leg became a symbol of the suffering inflicted on animals in the Kherson region caused by the catastrophic flooding from the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on 6th June 2023.
Realizing the severity of Baghira’s condition, Ruslan from Animal Rescue Kharkiv handed her to Anna Kurkurina, the famous Ukrainian World Champion Powerlifter, for medical assistance. Luckily, through Anna, Baghira found her way into the caring arms of Lyudmila Melnikova, manager of My Living Dogs Shelter, Odesa. Baghira’s emergency treatment as well as months of rehabilitation were funded by Sara Turetta’s Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS. 8 months later, Baghira finally got her happy ever after when she was adopted by a family in Ukraine.
From Rescue to Recovery
Buryat was so named by soldiers at a military checkpoint because they’d found him scavenging from the corpses of rats and Russian soldiers. The UWARF team took Buryat straight to a veterinary clinic, where he had to stay for a few days. He was on the road with the team for a while before Krystina took him back to her shelter “Under the Sun” in the Odesa region. Buryat was quickly adopted and, equally as quickly, renamed Neron.
From Rescue to Recovery
From Rescue to Recovery
Crispy suffered terrible burns over his whole body when the military base where he was living with soldiers was bombed.
He was rushed to the Worldwide Vets mobile veterinary clinic which was just a few villages from the frontlines, east of Zaporizhia.
Initially, the vets thought is eyes had been burned, but after some gentle cleaning, two healthy little eyes opened.