The war in Ukraine has upended the lives of millions of people. It’s also disrupted the lives of an untold number of animals, both pets and zoo animals. An upcoming episode of Nature on PBS, “Saving ...
Like never before, the Ukraine war has magnified the complexities of our obligations to animals in times of crisis. From pets to wild animals, these stories illuminate the effects of war on animals.
On a special episode (first released on May 15, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: It has now been over two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. As the people of Ukraine fled their homes, many were forced ...
A group of shell-shocked lions rescued from war-torn Ukraine have finally made it to their forever home. The three lions have arrived at a French zoo and aquarium named Parc de l'Auxois in Burgundy ...
A project designed to track thousands of animals from space, which was halted due to the Russia-Ukraine war, has just ...
Amid the turmoil of the Ukraine invasion, animals have become silent victims, facing habitat destruction, abandonment, and environmental disasters. From endangered species in war-torn ecosystems to ...
CHUBYNS'KE, Kyiv Oblast — Natalia Popova has found a new purpose in life: Rescuing wild animals and pets from the devastation wrought by the war in Ukraine. “They are my life,” says the 50-year-old, ...
EXCLUSIVE: When Russia launched its brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, among the first defenseless victims were animals in a zoo in Kharkiv, very close to the Russian border. Big cats, ...
The Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) and a local veterinarian are joining forces to send hundreds of pounds of medical supplies and educational material to Ukrainian veterinarians ...
In a sunroom at Sarah Stephenson’s home, the animals — roughly a dozen — are grooving to some ’80s soft rock. A Derby’s wooly possum with a soft pink snout is sleepily munching on a snack. A couple of ...
In her normal life, Daria is a medical worker in Russia. But now she also describes herself as a "truck driver." For three years now, she has been regularly driving to areas of Ukraine occupied by ...