Please help buy heating fuel to get 43 rescued wild animals through winter in war-torn Ukraine.
Forty-three rescued wild animals in Ukraine, including lions, lynxes, wolves and tigers, are enduring a winter they were never designed for and suffering as a result.
The animals need 45 tons of solid fuel pellets to get them through the harsh winter. These animals have survived war, abandonment and terrible neglect. Now we must secure the fuel that will keep their shelters warm through snow and ice.
Some of the animals at our partner, the Wild Animal Rescue Centre (WARC) near Kyiv, were abandoned when their owners fled their homes after missile attacks. Others were rescued from a zoo destroyed by Russian bombing. Some arrived so sick or injured that they could not travel onwards to permanent sanctuaries.
Winter is coming, and we refuse to repeat last year when this wolf and dozens of other rescued wildlife went without heat and water in freezing conditions. Help us prepare now. Source: WARC
Russian attacks have made life hell for these animals.
We have been supporting WARC from the first days of the war. We have helped move rescued lions from Ukraine to South Africa and provided essential supplies and enlarged enclosures to give the animals more space. Now the animals need solid fuel pellets because electrical power is being targeted by the Russian military and driving up costs for the generator our supporters provided them with last winter.
Our partner needs the pellets to heat the animals’ shelters. Please donate to Animal Survival International today and help buy solid fuel pellets lions, tigers and lynxes need to keep warm.
For an animal recovering from injury or struggling to regain its strength, a warm shelter is an essential part of survival. Rescue from war brought these animals to safety. We must help keep them safe.
Last winter showed us how quickly that safety can be threatened. Attacks on Ukraine’s electricity supply left our partner without power or water. Water froze in the pipes. The animals suffered bitter cold while the centre struggled to keep their shelters warm.
During severe winter weather, temperatures around Kyiv can fall towards −20°C (−4°F). For animals already weakened by illness or injury, prolonged exposure to that cold could be fatal.
Last winter was so harsh that even fresh water didn’t stay liquid for long. Within an hour of filling the animals’ bowls, they’d freeze over. Source: WARC
The time to provide their heating fuel is now.
Your donation can help give a recovering tiger a warm place to rest. It can help protect rescued lions from the bitter cold. It can help ensure that animals who have already endured so much do not face another winter without adequate heating.
