Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Natalia Popova has been rescuing and rehoming loads of untamed animals and pets devastated by way of the warfare.
In cooperation with the Ukrainian rights staff UA animals, Popova has stored and despatched out of the country 200 animals.
She rehomed any other 100 animals in Western Ukraine, clear of the preventing.
And she is recently housing any other 133 animals, together with a leopard and 13 lions, in her safe haven within the Kyiv area.
Poznań Zoo in Poland may be serving to her evacuate probably the most animals, sending them out of the country to puts as some distance away as Spain, France and South Africa.
“I love them, and I understand that I do not have the resources to provide them with the comfortable life they deserve,” Popova stated.
She rescued lots of the animals at her safe haven from jap Ukraine, the place preventing in puts akin to Kharkiv and the Donestk area makes the adventure bad.
“No one needs to head there. Everyone is afraid. I’m additionally scared, however I am going anyway,” she said.
In some cases, Popova knows nothing about the animals she pulls from the frontlines, having been informed about them by Ukrainian soldiers.
“I feel very sorry for them. I can imagine the stress animals are under because of the war, and no one can help them,” she stated.
Before the warfare, Popova opened the rustic’s first non-public horse membership. But it wasn’t till 4 years in the past that she stored her first lion.
She initially used the cash from her horse industry to bankroll her safe haven. But because the warfare started in February, the price of upkeep has jumped to round €13,700 a month. She says her money owed have grown to round €195,000.
