Ukrainian volunteers rescue animals in frontline Zaporizhzhia: fluffiest photo report
A veterinary mission has visited a frontline settlement in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia (Life)
Details: Volunteers from UAnimals, a Ukrainian animal welfare organisation, have treated, performed operations on, chipped and sterilised around 250 animals, both pets and strays.
All Photos: Viktoriia Kozeniuk/UAnimals
The animal rescuers shared photos of the pets with Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia
The organisation explained that its volunteers carry out such charity missions about once a month.
The veterinary team consists of three veterinary surgeons who provide assistance to animals nearly round-the-clock.
The vets also encounter complicated cases during this work, such as eye damage or tumours.
Background: Earlier, Ukrainska Pravda.Zhyttia featured stories of teenage animal volunteers and the animal-rescue heroine who saved over 20 disabled animals from Irpin in Kyiv Oblast at the start of the full-scale war whose photo went viral on the internet.
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