Our Team
Our Team
Based in Ukraine, Pasha is a professional animal catcher. He has worked tirelessly on all our missions, catching dogs, and helping to set up and move clinics.
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A foreign correspondent covering the war on Ukraine and in Gaza, who volunteered to help film for the War Tails documentary.
An accomplished cinematographer attending veterinary school, Kyrylo went on missions to the frontlines, capturing images and catching animals.
Veterinarian, Dr Peter, works tirelessly in the Odesa region. He has done over 1,000 sterilizations for UWARF, and treats all the animals at Krystina’s Under the Sun Shelter.
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Dyma is a talented cinematographer based in Kyiv, who went on many UWARF missions. He fixed broken vehicles, secured resources, and generally made things happen.
Krystina is the UWARF Ukraine Country Manager. She runs ‘Under the Sun’ dog shelter in the Odesa region. A whiz with a blowpipe, she catches animals and gets them sterilized and vaccinated. Trained as an architect, she works around the clock taking care of the rescued dogs and finding them homes.
Veterinary, Vadim, sets up the frontline mobile vet clinics to sterilize, vaccinate and microchip Ukrainian animals.
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Veterinary, Ilya, sets up the frontline mobile vet clinics to sterilize, vaccinate and microchip Ukrainian animals.
Sasha records each animal brought to the mobile clinics. He takes photos for the passports, microchips, proof of sterilization, and facial recognition.
Dedicated animal rescuer, Anna, is a Ukrainian athlete and fitness trainer, a world champion in powerlifting 2008, 2010 and 2012, and winner of 15 world records.
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Maria runs an animal shelter in Chornobaivka, Kherson region, and helps with sterilzation clinics.
Lyudia lives in Odesa and helps organize animal rescue operations. She also delivers homeless Ukrainian animals to their new homes throughout Europe.
Veterinary, Dyma, sets up the frontline mobile vet clinics to sterilize, vaccinate and microchip Ukrainian animals.
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Veterinary, Natalia, sets up the frontline mobile vet clinics to sterilize, vaccinate and microchip Ukrainian animals.
Natasha works with Dr. Peter in their clinic in the Odesa region and rescues animals.
Andrej is based in Izyum, a city which was occupied for six months by the Russians. He opened a shelter for 62 people to live there during the bombing and occupation. He helps feed and take care of homeless animals.
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Lucas from Ludia Consulting, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Partner, helped set up the technology platform to streamline the supply chain for animal shelters in Ukraine, built the pet database to record sterilizations, vaccinations and microchips, and has led the development of the facial recognition and AI to help reunite Ukrainians with their lost pets.
Nick is the technical solutions architect, developer and consultant who designed the solution for UWARF and the homeless pets in Ukraine.
Qualified Dutch veterinary technician, Angela, helps animals all over Ukraine. In 2022, Angela and Krystina made an emergency trip to Moldova to pick up kitten milk formula for confiscated, captive-bred lion cubs, who would not have survived without it. Taras, Stefania, Lesya and Prada are now living their best life at The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota, USA.
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Yaroslava is a veterinary assistant working in the mobile veterinary clinics.
Veterinary, Matthew, an ex-Marine, went on UWARF’s third mission to Ukraine.
Gary volunteered for UWARF’s Kyiv mission. His leadership skills were indispensable. He and wife Michelle run DogsnHomes in Fleet, England from where they continue to work tirelessly to collect supplies to send to Ukraine for the animals.
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Yana ran sterilization and vaccination clinics for UWARF. Her son has complex medical needs.
Trauma doctor, Galina, is the major force behind White Angel. UWARF would never have accomplished so much without her guidance, organization, and attention to detail. When she’s not at her job at a Ukrainian hospital, you’ll find her helping animals.
Tom Bates used to have a truck called ‘The Traveling Farm’ and took sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits, and pigs to schools. He retired and then headed to Ukraine to help people and animals.
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Scottish Veterinary Technician, Fiona, volunteered to help UWARF on the Kyiv mission.
Volunteer animal rescue van driver, Samvel, runs an automotive parts shop and feeds homeless dogs on the outskirts of Kyiv.
Dedicated volunteer, Ilona, delivers animals and supplies all over Ukraine and Europe.
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Dr. Shupyk is a veterinary and professor who teaches at the university and is also the veterinary for the Ukrainian military’s horses and dogs. He allowed UWARF to use the operating room at the vet school to set up a sterilization clinic about an hour north of Kyiv.
An incredibly gifted and experienced Vet Tech, Kim has run mobile clinics internationally. She was instrumental in setting up procedures and processes on our first mission to Kyiv.
Louis brought vans of pet feed on UWARF’s first mission. He drove an elderly lady and her German Shepherd to her daughter from Kharkiv to Italy.
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Marketing Executive, Mark, helped the rescued dogs and cats arriving in the border town, Przemyśl, Poland from Ukraine.
Retired Canadian Military, Randi, helped the rescued dogs and cats arriving in the border town, Przemyśl, Poland from Ukraine.
Canadian flight attendant, Mimi, helped the rescued dogs and cats arriving in the border town, Przemyśl, Poland from Ukraine.
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A New Yorker with a big heart for animals, Jeff has volunteered at many shelters in Ukraine, including Krystina’s Under the Sun where he assisted in the building of the dog shelter.
Greg works at Ludia Consulting and has helped develop UWARF’s technology platform.
UWARF co-founder. Tana, went on the first mission to help care for rescued Ukrainian dogs and cats.
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Selena puts her enhanced white-matter connections and exceptional memory to use helping UWARF with research, strategy, and networking.