The following is a press release from the Soi Dog Foundation.
World-renowned animal rescue NGO Soi Dog Foundation, the main organisation in Southeast Asia serving to canines and cats, has joined in assist of Ukraine’s war-affected dogs and cats by teaming up with Poland’s oldest and largest animal welfare nonprofit, TOZ (Towarzystwo Opieki Nad Zwierzetami or Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), to assist present critical help to animals impacted by the Russian invasion of the nation.
Thailand-based Soi Dog Foundation has dedicated to providing an instantaneous grant of $US250,000 that will help finance the completion of a purpose-built animal remedy clinic in the Polish town of Celestynów, which is serving as a coordination point for Ukrainian animals, and, within the interim, assist TOZ in giving urgent medical care to animals who are in desperate need right now.
The mass movement of refugees from Ukraine to international locations throughout Europe has already seen round 2 million of them search safety in neighbouring Poland and thousands of pets have made the perilous journey with their house owners who’ve courageously refused to leave their beloved companions behind.
Soi Dog is taking the unprecedented step of aiding animals exterior of Southeast Asia for the first time in its 19-year history, identifying the urgent need for medical intervention to some of the estimated 40,000 dogs and cats who have arrived in Poland in the course of the course of the conflict.
TOZ, who have seventy nine branches and function 11 shelters throughout Poland, have been providing urgent help to the animals who typically arrive traumatized, skinny, dehydrated and in desperate want of medical consideration.
But, their superb efforts so far are in real hazard of being in useless as they rapidly run out of funds to proceed to offer care to the animals most in want. And for these who require veterinary consideration, there are few different options out there.
“We would not sometimes be engaged in working exterior of Asia however it is clear that the issues in Ukraine are immense, and whereas a few of the needs of animals are being met, similar to the availability of food, many others are not”, stated Soi Dog co-founder, John Dalley MBE.
“TOZ is already in partnership with Mars Petcare and is receiving truckloads of meals donations from them, that are distributed to reception factors for refugees and their animals. So, for now, there is no scarcity of meals.”
Some owners and their pets have travelled non-stop over land for days, through Russian bombs and shelling, just to achieve the security of the Polish border, and more are descending on the nation every single day.
TOZ Social President and Shelter Director in Celestynów, Mr. Lukasz Balcer, said “Many of these individuals took solely a tiny quantity of bags and their beloved animal with them.”
Examples of true companionship and the bond between human and animal are being witnessed each day in this battle.
“In one case, we saw a touching instance of an owner’s attachment to her animals”, said Lukasz. “An previous girl. In one hand, she held a container with a cat. In the other hand, she held on a leash an enormous canine that snuggled into her, providing consolation and seeking reassurance from one another in this terrifying situation. This is a tremendous instance of what true love is and the truth that friends aren’t abandoned, whatever the circumstances.”
TOZ have also been working with Ukrainian shelters bringing dogs over in teams of 20 to 30 and inserting them in shelters and momentary foster homes across Poland, and helping with the certification, microchipping and vaccination of pets needing to travel on from Poland to other EU nations however unable to do so with out such documentation.
Whether or not a decision to the battle is reached within the coming weeks or months, one factor is for positive – the impact of the war will last much longer. John Dalley is in little question about that. “The disaster is for certain to last for a really long time to come, and the needs of the animals left behind are more doubtless to be huge. ผลไม้แช่อิ่ม is committed to doing every thing in its energy to offer help where it’s most wanted.”
If you want to assist the animals of Ukraine by way of Soi Dog Foundation and TOZ, please go to https://links.soidog.org/help-the-animals-of-ukraine