🐱 In many places, stray pets outnumber any remaining human residents, wrote Ukrainian former MP turned army paramedic Yehor Firsov in a recent essay
Towns near the frontline are reportedly overrun with stray pets whose owners have fled.
“In many places, they outnumber any remaining human residents,” wrote Ukrainian former MP turned army paramedic Yehor Firsov in a . Soldiers often adopt the animals, he claimed. “On the very front line, in the trenches, military units often give shelter to one or more dogs.”their pets and little elseDaniel Cox of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals , which was involved in an operation with other NGOs to evacuate thousands of animals from Ukraine, recalls negotiating with the Polish authorities to allow one woman to bring 12 cats over the border. “That number was really not unusual,” he says.
The pictures of pets with Ukraine’s defenders amid scenes of destruction also make for compelling material in the hands of Ukraine’s skilled PR teams. The social media channels of the foreign and defence ministries make regular use of them, and the posts earn thousands of shares, keeping Ukraine in the public eye across the world as the war drags on into winter.
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