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The plight of animals in Ukraine

The situation in Ukraine is dramatic for people and their animals trapped in the areas surrounding battle zones.  Large settlements are transformed into ruins, the houses often have no windows and poor access to water, electricity, and internet. The national infrastructure was a constant target and people who refused to flee their country back in March 2022 or any time after, are exhausted. Even if the war stops tomorrow, the consequences of the war (depopulation, economic disaster) will have a long-term impact on these innocent people and their animals. ROLDA, being an animal charity, will keep providing support to people with animals and homeless or abandoned animals, affected by this conflict. You continue to be the only hope they have.

Since the war started, ROLDA kept distance from political statements because we are a non-profit, non-political entity regardless of what we feel and think as individuals. The president of ROLDA has been in Ukraine to help evacuate animals from villages located near battle areas but also to meet the people which ROLDA support because of our donor’s generosity and compassion.

Animals are living in horrible conditions, especially in war zones. Shelters are in danger of being completely destroyed if a bomb accidentally falls in the wrong place. Many have already been destroyed or burned.

From the beginning of the war, the ROLDA team located just 8 km from the border with Ukraine and Moldova has been busy finding the best way to help people and animals affected by the war. We want to help the best we can, especially the animals who are left behind on the streets of Ukraine and need to be rescued, or animals from shelters in bombarded cities that lack vital resources and where the animal rescue activity can’t continue as before the war.