Help for Ukraine Pets
-Helen Morrison
Here in the Northeast Kingdom, Kingdom Animal Shelter is very lucky to have the support of Ella and Bill, of Barnet. Ella and Bill are adopters from KAS. Ella is also from Ukraine. Through Ella, Kingdom Animal Shelter has started to find ways to help animal Shelters in Ukraine and to support individuals making a difference there tending to animals/pets displaced by the war.
Sirius Shelter:
-Helen Morrison
Here in the Northeast Kingdom, Kingdom Animal Shelter is very lucky to have the support of Ella and Bill, of Barnet. Ella and Bill are adopters from KAS. Ella is also from Ukraine. Through Ella, Kingdom Animal Shelter has started to find ways to help animal Shelters in Ukraine and to support individuals making a difference there tending to animals/pets displaced by the war.
Sirius Shelter:
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During our Yard Sale on Oct. 1 and again at Autumn on the Green in Danville on Oct. 2, we placed labeled donation jars for folks to contribute to a Shelter in Ukraine. We were able to send $450 to Sirius, a shelter outside of Kyiv. There are over 3000 animals presently there. With that money, the value of which is much greater in Ukraine, they were able to buy lumber to build more Shelters. Winter is coming, and Shelters are much needed. (photo of lumber)
Here is a thank you from Sirius Shelter for the lumber:
“Dear Ella and Fred,
Here is Alexandra Mezinova - the founder and president of Public Оrganisation "Аnimal shelter "Sirius”. Thank you very much for your support.
With your donations, we were able to buy a board to repair the enclosures.
Thank you!”
We also learned, through Ella, of Yura and of Svitlana, both of whom are working on their own to tend to and save cats and kittens threatened by war.
Yura:
Here is a thank you from Sirius Shelter for the lumber:
“Dear Ella and Fred,
Here is Alexandra Mezinova - the founder and president of Public Оrganisation "Аnimal shelter "Sirius”. Thank you very much for your support.
With your donations, we were able to buy a board to repair the enclosures.
Thank you!”
We also learned, through Ella, of Yura and of Svitlana, both of whom are working on their own to tend to and save cats and kittens threatened by war.
Yura:
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Yura’s story is an amazing one. Because of the shelling of his home town, Severodonetsk, he and his family were forced to leave. He truly believed it would be short-lived and that he would be able to come back for his beloved cat, Businka, whom he left in the apartment. But the shelling raged on….and he couldn’t get his cat out of his mind and heart…and so he risked life and limb to go back to get her. He didn’t know if she would be there…but there she was, peeking out from behind the couch. He picked Businka up, ran to the getaway car with her, and off they went through the woods, to a safe place. For now, he and his family, and his Businka, who now has a tiny family of her own, are safe.
Businka
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Businka and her kittens
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Svitlana:
Svitlana’s story is equally moving and heroic.
Svetlana, in order to be able to feed the kittens and adult cats she cares for, was forced to go to work. Every day she gets up at 5 in the morning and goes for difficult and exhausting work at the factory. By the way - she is already 60. She had a stroke. Her husband is a soldier now and has not received a salary for several months.
"Svitlana from the Borodyanka town always took care of homeless animals, especially cats. She fed, treated them and, as far as possible, looked for homes. When Borodyanka was shelled and occupied by Russian troops, Svitlana did not leave the town - only because she could not leave the animals to their own devices.
Svitlana’s story is equally moving and heroic.
Svetlana, in order to be able to feed the kittens and adult cats she cares for, was forced to go to work. Every day she gets up at 5 in the morning and goes for difficult and exhausting work at the factory. By the way - she is already 60. She had a stroke. Her husband is a soldier now and has not received a salary for several months.
"Svitlana from the Borodyanka town always took care of homeless animals, especially cats. She fed, treated them and, as far as possible, looked for homes. When Borodyanka was shelled and occupied by Russian troops, Svitlana did not leave the town - only because she could not leave the animals to their own devices.
At that time, even the people in Borodyanka had nothing to eat. Residents of the city cooked leftover cereals on fires in their yards. Svetlana gave her food to animals on the streets.
When Borodyanka was de-occupied, we went as volunteers to help - that's how we met Svetlana there. We left her pet food and picked up several cats to find families in Europe for them.
Now the authorities are helping people in Borodyanka.
When Borodyanka was de-occupied, we went as volunteers to help - that's how we met Svetlana there. We left her pet food and picked up several cats to find families in Europe for them.
Now the authorities are helping people in Borodyanka.
However, the animals there are still in dire straits. And soon a cold and hungry winter will come. Svetlana continues to feed the cats and tries to find them families. But it is very difficult for her financially. Such people as Svitlana are unique and sensitive personalities, of which there are few. Perhaps you have the opportunity to support her and the hungry animals of Borodyanka."
While trying to tend to her own needs, Svitlana is also gathering food for all the stray cats and kittens around and in her home.
As we explore more ways to help the animal victims of war, we will be designing and offering ways for you to help, if you wish.
For now, if you have a PayPal account, you can use the following email to donate to Sirius.
dogcat.sirius@gmail.com or you will soon be able to go to our website and choose to donate to the Sirius Shelter.
If you wish to help Yura and/or Svitlana, please let us know, send us a labeled donation and we will see that they get it.
Thank you so much. In these hard times, these are the stories that lift us up, that help us to still believe in the goodness of humans.
While trying to tend to her own needs, Svitlana is also gathering food for all the stray cats and kittens around and in her home.
As we explore more ways to help the animal victims of war, we will be designing and offering ways for you to help, if you wish.
For now, if you have a PayPal account, you can use the following email to donate to Sirius.
dogcat.sirius@gmail.com or you will soon be able to go to our website and choose to donate to the Sirius Shelter.
If you wish to help Yura and/or Svitlana, please let us know, send us a labeled donation and we will see that they get it.
Thank you so much. In these hard times, these are the stories that lift us up, that help us to still believe in the goodness of humans.