A stray goat named Borka has become the Spartan Brigade’s mascot after 18 months on the front lines in Donetsk Oblast
The soldiers once pulled on body armor and helmets and drove back into drone range to bring him out.
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100,000 dolphins killed in the Black Sea because of Russia’s war, Ukrainian scientist warns: “We may lose a unique ecosystem”
Researchers say documented strandings represent only a fraction of the true toll because an estimated 95% of dolphin carcasses sink before they can be counted.
Russia’s war keeps killing dolphins: Five more dead dolphins wash up in Odesa Oblast park – 63 since late May
Scientists say the true toll could reach into the thousands after 63 dead harbor porpoises were documented along Ukraine's Black Sea coast since late May.
British volunteers rescue 30 animals from front-line Kramatorsk
Ex-Royal Marine Pen Farthing's Nowzad team drove 13,000 km to pull 30 cats and dogs out of Kramatorsk as Russia strikes the Donbas city daily.
A Ukrainian project wants you to 3D-print a waterer for thirsty city birds
The initiative promotes simple printed attachments for AC units that provide birds with access to condensation water, which is clean enough for direct drinking in urban conditions.
Ukraine must meet EU pig welfare standards—while Russian missiles knock out farm electricity
Production costs rising, sale prices stagnant—and Spanish pork is heading east.
Rescued moose dies of fear during Russian strike in Kyiv Oblast
Ukraine’s animals, like its people, pay the price for Kremlin cruelty.
Ukrainian rescue team seeks homes for 1,500 animals
In the wake of the ongoing war, approximately 20% of the 18,800 animals evacuated by Kharkiv volunteers have been reunited with their owners, while 1,500 pets still need loving homes.
Zoo that survived Russian occupation destroyed by Kakhovka flooding; all animals dead
Fairytale Forest, a private zoo in the south-Ukrainian city of Nova Kakhovka, has been destroyed by floodwaters that…
Ukrainian service dogs awarded for dedicated service
Four service dogs of Ukraine's National Guard were awarded medals for their dedicated service, the Guard's press service…
Ukrainian military dog chews off paw to survive, receives prosthesis and returns home on four legs
Vasya is a Ukrainian military dog, a Cane Corso dog (Italian breed of mastiff) who has dedicated his…
Trophy dog abandoned by Russian army learning to obey commands in Ukrainian
A few days ago, the Mykolayiv Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine received a strange but wonderful…
Putin has gone to war not only against Ukrainians but against their pet dogs and cats
Pictures of Ukrainians fleeing from Russian aggression with their pet dogs and cats in their arms have become…
Saving Private fluffy: how Ukrainians rescue pets and zoo animals from war
Pets, animals and wildlife face death and extinction and endure much suffering in the midst of the war…
How a Ukrainian reconnaissance dog escaped from Russian hybrid forces
This is the moving story of Vasya, a Cane Corso (Italian breed of mastiff), who served for many…