"The war is causing terrible stress for the animals," wrote Kyiv Zoo on its website in late February 2022, in the first days of the war. He would have animals in cages in the back of a borrowed van as he sped through the back roads of Ukraine, trying to avoid road closures caused by artillery fire. "They wanted me to check on the welfare of their grandma's cat that she had to lock in her apartment, and then actually going there and finding out the apartment doesn't exist anymore and having to text back — it's really difficult," he said.
Author: James Tugwell
Published at: 2025-06-28 22:25:42
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