Shocked and devastated.
Yesterday 4 dogs (including one very hungry pregnant momma dog) and 12 cats arrived in Dnipro from Toretsk. This was the last animal evacuation from the city. Toretsk was once a beautiful city in Eastern Ukraine. It has been completely destroyed, no residents remain, the curfew is only lifted for 3 hours every day.
The dogs and cats spent 3 days in the van. First, they traveled to neighboring Pokrovsk where a small shelter had agreed to house them, when the driver arrived they found the person who was running the shelter there had been killed just hours before.
A call went out to nearby rescues and our Dnipro partners jumped in to help. We'll be partnering with them to make sure their veterinary expenses and rehabilitation are taken care of. Everyone has already been taken to the vet for an initial evaluation and several of the cats have been treated for glass and shrapnel wounds. These cats and dogs have been through so much and we cannot let them down.
If you can, please consider donating to our Emergency Vet Fund and keep Ukraine and the brave animal rescuers in your thoughts.
