Saving the Dogs and Cats of Ukraine
Four-footed companions go wherever their humans go.
As Ukrainian citizens are forced to leave their apartments and houses to hide or flee the country, most people are bringing their cats and dogs along with them.
Some of the pets settle in with their humans in cellars, bomb shelters, underground bunkers or metro stations.
Others make the long trek on foot, car, or train to the west, some leaving the country with their owners. Receiving countries in the West waive documentation and welcome refugees and their pets.
Unfortunately, some people couldn't take their pets or were killed during the invasion. Homeless or lost dogs and cats are rescued and taken to shelters.
A wet nose or soft purr gives comfort to everyone.
Some of the pets settle in with their humans in cellars, bomb shelters, underground bunkers or metro stations.
Others make the long trek on foot, car, or train to the west, some leaving the country with their owners. Receiving countries in the West waive documentation and welcome refugees and their pets.
Unfortunately, some people couldn't take their pets or were killed during the invasion. Homeless or lost dogs and cats are rescued and taken to shelters.
A wet nose or soft purr gives comfort to everyone.
A cat in a shelter in the Kharkiv metro.
Andrii Marienko / UNIAN
A woman holds a dog in a train at a metro station used as a bomb shelter in Kharkiv.
Aris Messinis / AFP
A cat in the basement of a house in Kharkiv.
Andrii Marienko / UNIAN
An evacuee holds a cat as she sits in a bus coming from the village of Rudnytske, in Brovary, north of Kyiv.
Genya SAVILOV / AFP
Women with cats in a bomb shelter in Kharkiv.
Andrii Marienko / UNIAN
A man evacuated with his dogs near Irpin.
Oleksandr Ratushniak / UNIAN
A man with a dog near a destroyed bridge in Irpin.
Oleksandr Ratushniak / UNIAN
Abandoned dogs being evacuated from Irpin.
Oleksandr Ratushniak / UNIAN
A man in an ambulance in Irpin being treated while his dog is cared for.
Oleksandr Ratushniak / UNIAN
Abandoned dogs being evacuated from Irpin.
Oleksandr Ratushniak / UNIAN
A residential building destroyed by fire after being hit by a projectile in Kyiv.
Vladislav Musienko / UNIAN
A dog barks in front of a house that was destroyed in the village of Bachtanka near Mykolaiv, a key city on the road to Odessa.
BULENT KILIC / AFP
Woman with her dog in a bomb shelter in Kharkiv.
Andrii Marienko / UNIAN
A woman with her cat in a shelter in the Kharkiv metro.
Andrii Marienko / UNIAN
People and pets hiding from shelling in the metro in Kharkiv.
Andrii Marienko / UNIAN
Destroyed shopping center in Kyiv.
Vladislav Musienko / UNIAN
A woman at the bus station in Lviv
Victor Kovalchuk / UNIAN
People at the railway station in Lviv.
Victor Kovalchuk / UNIAN
People at the railway station in Lviv.
Victor Kovalchuk / UNIAN
Refugees in Drohobych.
Victor Kovalchuk / UNIAN
A woman walking dogs in Kyiv.
UNIAN
