Braving Bombs and Shellfire to Rescue Ukraine’s Animals

Braving Bombs and Shellfire to Rescue Ukraine’s Animals
A woman carries her pet cat as evacuees cross a destroyed bridge as they flee the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 7, 2022. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
Alice Giordano
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People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has received a lot of criticism for promoting veganism and leather alternatives, but in the past two weeks, the international animal rights organization has braved bombs and gunfire to help puppies, dogs, cats, and kittens that have been left homeless in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Petya Petrova, PETA’s campaign coordinator for Eastern Europe, initially spoke to The Epoch Times on March 2 while riding in a van with other animal rescuers traveling to Lviv, Ukraine, and other surrounding towns to pick up stray and abandoned animals, as well as pets and their owners, and drive them back to the border.
Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
Alice Giordano is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times. She is a former news correspondent for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the New England bureau of The New York Times.
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