Ukraine Animals Wartime WEB
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- Ukraine Animals Wartime WEB
- April 6, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((TITLE: TV Ukraine Animals Wartime – Prus HEAD: Animals Left in Ukraine as People Flee War TEASER: PUBLISHED: 04/20622 at 11:05am BYLINE: Mariia Prus DATELINE: Washington CAMERA: Kostiantyn Golubchyk VIDEO EDITOR: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE(1st); MAS VIDEO FROM: VOA, Agencies, Zoom COURTESIES NEEDED: TYPE: VPKGN TRT: 3:05 VIDEO APPROVER'S INITIALS: KE UPDATE: All Zoom interviews are cleared for use)) ((INTRO)) [[Since the start of Russia's invasion, millions of Ukrainians have fled their homes, leaving behind thousands of animals in shelters and zoos. Now it is up to dozens of volunteers and international groups to care for them. Mariia Prus has the story, but first we have a warning. This story contains graphic images that some viewers might find disturbing.]] ((NARRATION)) Since February, Iryna Shevchuk and her family have been providing shelter to ((Mandatory courtesy: Iryna Shevchuk)) more than 60 people in ((End courtesy)) their house in the Khmelnytskyi region. Almost all of them are heading west and most of those with pets have brought them along. ((Iryna Shevchuk, Volunteer)) ((ZOOM) ((IN UKR)) “I don’t even know, maybe I live in a bubble. But all around me I see people who take care of their pets like they really are family members.” ((NARRATION)) But many other Ukrainians left their pets behind, says Kyiv native Mariia Bondarenko, who along with her family is helping take care of people and now animals. ((Mariia Bondarenko, Volunteer)) ((Mandatory ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) “I think that if you’ve taken the responsibility, you have to think about those who cannot survive without you – and that’s true even in the most difficult of times.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: ZooPatrul + Facebook Logo)) Volunteer and Kyiv native Dmytro Revniuk started a movement called ZooPatrul – and together with dozens of volunteers is trying to help abandoned animals. He says some people left their pets behind, thinking they would be back home in days. ((End courtesy)) ((Dmytro Revniuk, ZooPatrul Founder)) ((Mandatory ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) “I made a post online saying that if someone left their pets behind, we will free them, for free. In three days, we received 827 responses and applications. It means, 827 people left behind their cat or dog. In one neighborhood, ((Mandatory courtesy: ZooPatrul + Facebook Logo)) we had a few apartments with 2-3 animals locked in each home.” ((End courtesy)) ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: ShelterSIRIUS + Facebook Logo)) Some world organizations are helping Ukrainians and their pets ((End courtesy)) flee Russia’s aggression. One of them is the US-based International Fund for Animal Welfare, or IFAW. It opened aid centers at the Ukrainian-Polish border. ((Jennifer Gardner, International Fund for Animal Welfare)) ((Mandatory ZOOM)) “There aren't great statistics about all of the animals and people that are crossing from Ukraine into Poland. But I have heard that it's approximately 80,000 people per day and we believe there are about 500-600 animals crossing into Poland every day.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: UA Animals + Instagram Logo)) Some just couldn’t be saved. At the Borodyanka municipal shelter in Kyiv region, which was occupied by Russian forces for over a month, volunteers say ((End courtesy)) they found 485 animals that had been locked inside alone for five weeks with no food or water. A Ukrainian animal rights organization ((UA Animals)) says only 150 survived. The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria is coordinating work to save zoo animals in Kyiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv and are raising funds to help. ((Myfanwy Griffith, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria)) ((Mandatory Zoom)) “The zoos are likely to need a lot of support once the war is over. And so, we definitely are thinking part of that money in the fund would be going towards supporting the zoos getting back on their feet, rebuilding closures, rehabilitation of animals, etc.” ((NARRATION)) Together, international organizations and Ukrainian volunteers have saved hundreds of animals and plan to rescue more as long as the war continues. ((Mariia Prus, VOA News, Washington))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((TITLE: TV Ukraine Animals Wartime – Prus HEAD: Animals Left in Ukraine as People Flee War TEASER: PUBLISHED: 04/20622 at 11:05am BYLINE: Mariia Prus DATELINE: Washington CAMERA: Kostiantyn Golubchyk VIDEO EDITOR: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE(1st); MAS VIDEO FROM: VOA, Agencies, Zoom COURTESIES NEEDED: TYPE: VPKGN TRT: 3:05 VIDEO APPROVER'S INITIALS: KE UPDATE: All Zoom interviews are cleared for use)) ((INTRO)) [[Since the start of Russia's invasion, millions of Ukrainians have fled their homes, leaving behind thousands of animals in shelters and zoos. Now it is up to dozens of volunteers and international groups to care for them. Mariia Prus has the story, but first we have a warning. This story contains graphic images that some viewers might find disturbing.]] ((NARRATION)) Since February, Iryna Shevchuk and her family have been providing shelter to ((Mandatory courtesy: Iryna Shevchuk)) more than 60 people in ((End courtesy)) their house in the Khmelnytskyi region. Almost all of them are heading west and most of those with pets have brought them along. ((Iryna Shevchuk, Volunteer)) ((ZOOM) ((IN UKR)) “I don’t even know, maybe I live in a bubble. But all around me I see people who take care of their pets like they really are family members.” ((NARRATION)) But many other Ukrainians left their pets behind, says Kyiv native Mariia Bondarenko, who along with her family is helping take care of people and now animals. ((Mariia Bondarenko, Volunteer)) ((Mandatory ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) “I think that if you’ve taken the responsibility, you have to think about those who cannot survive without you – and that’s true even in the most difficult of times.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: ZooPatrul + Facebook Logo)) Volunteer and Kyiv native Dmytro Revniuk started a movement called ZooPatrul – and together with dozens of volunteers is trying to help abandoned animals. He says some people left their pets behind, thinking they would be back home in days. ((End courtesy)) ((Dmytro Revniuk, ZooPatrul Founder)) ((Mandatory ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) “I made a post online saying that if someone left their pets behind, we will free them, for free. In three days, we received 827 responses and applications. It means, 827 people left behind their cat or dog. In one neighborhood, ((Mandatory courtesy: ZooPatrul + Facebook Logo)) we had a few apartments with 2-3 animals locked in each home.” ((End courtesy)) ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: ShelterSIRIUS + Facebook Logo)) Some world organizations are helping Ukrainians and their pets ((End courtesy)) flee Russia’s aggression. One of them is the US-based International Fund for Animal Welfare, or IFAW. It opened aid centers at the Ukrainian-Polish border. ((Jennifer Gardner, International Fund for Animal Welfare)) ((Mandatory ZOOM)) “There aren't great statistics about all of the animals and people that are crossing from Ukraine into Poland. But I have heard that it's approximately 80,000 people per day and we believe there are about 500-600 animals crossing into Poland every day.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: UA Animals + Instagram Logo)) Some just couldn’t be saved. At the Borodyanka municipal shelter in Kyiv region, which was occupied by Russian forces for over a month, volunteers say ((End courtesy)) they found 485 animals that had been locked inside alone for five weeks with no food or water. A Ukrainian animal rights organization ((UA Animals)) says only 150 survived. The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria is coordinating work to save zoo animals in Kyiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv and are raising funds to help. ((Myfanwy Griffith, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria)) ((Mandatory Zoom)) “The zoos are likely to need a lot of support once the war is over. And so, we definitely are thinking part of that money in the fund would be going towards supporting the zoos getting back on their feet, rebuilding closures, rehabilitation of animals, etc.” ((NARRATION)) Together, international organizations and Ukrainian volunteers have saved hundreds of animals and plan to rescue more as long as the war continues. ((Mariia Prus, VOA News, Washington))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date April 6, 2022 11:24 EDT
- Byline Mariia Prus
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America