Posted on Apr 6, 2022
More than 300 dogs die of hunger and thirst in a Ukraine shelter
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More than 300 dogs were discovered dead in a Ukrainian animal shelter after weeks without food or water, an animal charity said on Tuesday.
Volunteers with UAnimals, who returned to the Borodyanka shelter outside Kyiv, the capital, said the dogs were forced to starve to death by Russian troops who had left them trapped in cages for nearly a month amid constant bombings.
"With the shelter increasingly inaccessible due to the conflict, sadly many of the dogs perished," Wendy Higgins, director of international media for Humane Society International, told NPR in an email.
Higgins said the organization is working with local groups and volunteers, including UAnimals, to relocate the surviving animals.
"Now that Russian troops have withdrawn from the area and the shelter has finally become accessible by volunteers, the Ukraine Small Animal Veterinary Association has been able to confirm that 253 dogs were found alive," she added.
Of those, 25 were taken in critical condition to nearby veterinary clinics, where they seem to be improving and are now understood to be in a stable condition, according to Higgins.
More than 300 dogs were discovered dead in a Ukrainian animal shelter after weeks without food or water, an animal charity said on Tuesday.
Volunteers with UAnimals, who returned to the Borodyanka shelter outside Kyiv, the capital, said the dogs were forced to starve to death by Russian troops who had left them trapped in cages for nearly a month amid constant bombings.
"With the shelter increasingly inaccessible due to the conflict, sadly many of the dogs perished," Wendy Higgins, director of international media for Humane Society International, told NPR in an email.
Higgins said the organization is working with local groups and volunteers, including UAnimals, to relocate the surviving animals.
"Now that Russian troops have withdrawn from the area and the shelter has finally become accessible by volunteers, the Ukraine Small Animal Veterinary Association has been able to confirm that 253 dogs were found alive," she added.
Of those, 25 were taken in critical condition to nearby veterinary clinics, where they seem to be improving and are now understood to be in a stable condition, according to Higgins.
More than 300 dogs die of hunger and thirst in a Ukraine shelter
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good morning Brother William, thank you for the share. So sad on so many levels.
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You have to know that with all that the people are going through its got to be worse for animals.
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I am an animal lover and particularly a dog lover. BUT there are thousands of Ukranians dying of the same things and worse. There is a time to worry about animals and a time to focus on humans. This is that time. No if they can get tot hem and get them out ok but not at the expense of losing a human life...unless of course it is Russian.
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PO1 John Johnson
Yes; it's amazing how people can focus on the mundane and miss the greater atrocity.
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