(WHTM) – Friday’s hometown heroes are helping Ukrainian refugee children get animal therapy. Tim and Meredith Poole gave a $700 check today to “CATRA” the Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association. The Pooles raised the money during a “Zumbathon!” The money will help start a new program to help Ukrainian refugee children who have experienced all […]
‘A calm and gentle individual’: Yampil the bear becomes first Ukrainian animal rehomed in UK | Ukraine
When staff from Five Sisters Zoo in West Lothian travelled to Belgium in September to visit a bear that they plan to rehome later this month, they were not sure what to expect. Less than a year earlier, Yampil had been only a few days from death when he was found by Ukrainian troops in […]
Some 300 Ukrainian zoo animals killed after Kakhovka dam collapse
Comment on this storyComment Over the past year, the keepers at the Kazkova Dibrova zoo in southern Ukraine battled to safeguard their charges under Russian occupation. The park surrounding the zoo was mined and access routes blocked, making evacuating the animals impossible. Workers braved bullets from troops firing across the Dnieper River to make their […]
Ukrainian embassies receive ‘bloody packages’ containing animal eyes – Kyiv
KYIV/MADRID, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid received a parcel containing animal eyes on Friday, the latest in a series of similar “bloody packages” sent to its diplomatic missions across Europe, Ukrainian and Spanish officials said. Police cordoned off the compound in the Spanish capital and started searching the area with sniffer dogs. […]