Ukraine Animal Help -- USAGM
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- Ukraine Animal Help -- USAGM
- August 12, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English Ukraine Animal Help – Shevchenko HEAD: Volunteers in Ukraine, California Find a Way to Save Ukrainian Animals TEASER: DATE: 08/xx/2022 at --:--xm PUBLISHED AT: BYLINE: Khrystyna Shevchenko CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Los Angeles VIDEOGRAPHER: Khrystyna Shevchenko VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA + TBD PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; cobus PLATFORMS: TV only TRT: 2:53 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((439 total words)) ((Please return to Anna Rice and copy to HFR when done)) ((INTRO:)) [[Many animal shelters in Ukraine are in dire need of pet food and water; many others have been destroyed. Local volunteers are risking their lives to save the animals—and getting help from across the ocean. Khrystyna Shevchenko has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.]] ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv + Facebook Logo)) Until February 24th, 2022, an organization called Animal Rescue Kharkiv had been rescuing stray animals and had its own animal adoption center that accommodated 297 dogs and 80 cats. On March 7th, the building was shelled. ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) Employees had to quickly evacuate the animals—and they have been evacuating other four-legged victims of the war ever since. They've found injured animals in the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions. ((End courtesy)) ((Yaryna Vintoniuk, Animal Rescue Kharkiv Volunteer) ((Skype)) ((IN UKR)) “We’re seeing shrapnel wounds, torn ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharki + Facebook Logo)) paws, all sort of wounds… But most of the animals are extremely stressed out. You add the weakened ((End courtesy)) immune system to the mix, as well as some infections, viruses, malnutrition… We can see that many animals haven’t eaten for days…” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) Volunteers are working with vets, who are treating the injured ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharki + Facebook Logo)) or stressed animals. When the patients start feeling a little better, they are moved to shelters in safer areas of Ukraine. ((End courtesy)) The work is risky but is being made much more effective thanks to volunteers helping out from ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) California. Alina Ruryk and Yulia Zimmermann are volunteering ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: )) at an organization called Nova ((End courtesy)) Ukraine. After the beginning of the war, they started a project to support animals in Ukraine and work with a number of small clinics like Animal Rescue Kharkiv. ((Yulia Zimmermann, Nova Ukraine Volunteer)) ((IN UKR)) “We realized we could help individuals and small animal shelters that are located in the south and east of Ukraine. Very often, these are just regular people who rescued animals, and suddenly they need to find room for the animals, to feed them, and later on — to evacuate them.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) Thanks to Nova Ukraine, Animal Rescue Kharkiv has evacuated more than 3,000 animals to Poland, Germany, Latvia, ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharki + Facebook Logo)) Romania, Italy and France. In addition to the evacuations, they have helped over 15,000 animals inside Ukraine, treating sick animals, ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) neutering or spaying them, and providing the animals with adequate food and water supplies. ((Yulia Zimerman, Nova Ukraine Volunteer)) ((IN UKR)) “We work closely with Ukrainian producers of pet food. So, we have an opportunity to buy pet food from them in bulk—that way, we are helping the animals and also supporting Ukraine’s economy.” ((NARRATION)) One problem they are just beginning to tackle is raising funds to ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) rebuild the destroyed shelters in Ukraine. As more and more animals are evacuated, European shelters are reaching capacity and increasingly in need of more room. ((For Khrystyna Shevchenko in Los Angeles, California, Anna Rice, VOA News)) ((End courtesy))
- Transcript/Script Ukraine Animal Help – Shevchenko HEAD: Volunteers in Ukraine, California Find a Way to Save Ukrainian Animals TEASER: DATE: 08/xx/2022 at --:--xm PUBLISHED AT: BYLINE: Khrystyna Shevchenko CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Los Angeles VIDEOGRAPHER: Khrystyna Shevchenko VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA + TBD PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; cobus PLATFORMS: TV only TRT: 2:53 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((439 total words)) ((Please return to Anna Rice and copy to HFR when done)) ((INTRO:)) [[Many animal shelters in Ukraine are in dire need of pet food and water; many others have been destroyed. Local volunteers are risking their lives to save the animals—and getting help from across the ocean. Khrystyna Shevchenko has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.]] ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv + Facebook Logo)) Until February 24th, 2022, an organization called Animal Rescue Kharkiv had been rescuing stray animals and had its own animal adoption center that accommodated 297 dogs and 80 cats. On March 7th, the building was shelled. ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) Employees had to quickly evacuate the animals—and they have been evacuating other four-legged victims of the war ever since. They've found injured animals in the Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions. ((End courtesy)) ((Yaryna Vintoniuk, Animal Rescue Kharkiv Volunteer) ((Skype)) ((IN UKR)) “We’re seeing shrapnel wounds, torn ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharki + Facebook Logo)) paws, all sort of wounds… But most of the animals are extremely stressed out. You add the weakened ((End courtesy)) immune system to the mix, as well as some infections, viruses, malnutrition… We can see that many animals haven’t eaten for days…” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) Volunteers are working with vets, who are treating the injured ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharki + Facebook Logo)) or stressed animals. When the patients start feeling a little better, they are moved to shelters in safer areas of Ukraine. ((End courtesy)) The work is risky but is being made much more effective thanks to volunteers helping out from ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) California. Alina Ruryk and Yulia Zimmermann are volunteering ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: )) at an organization called Nova ((End courtesy)) Ukraine. After the beginning of the war, they started a project to support animals in Ukraine and work with a number of small clinics like Animal Rescue Kharkiv. ((Yulia Zimmermann, Nova Ukraine Volunteer)) ((IN UKR)) “We realized we could help individuals and small animal shelters that are located in the south and east of Ukraine. Very often, these are just regular people who rescued animals, and suddenly they need to find room for the animals, to feed them, and later on — to evacuate them.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) Thanks to Nova Ukraine, Animal Rescue Kharkiv has evacuated more than 3,000 animals to Poland, Germany, Latvia, ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharki + Facebook Logo)) Romania, Italy and France. In addition to the evacuations, they have helped over 15,000 animals inside Ukraine, treating sick animals, ((End courtesy)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) neutering or spaying them, and providing the animals with adequate food and water supplies. ((Yulia Zimerman, Nova Ukraine Volunteer)) ((IN UKR)) “We work closely with Ukrainian producers of pet food. So, we have an opportunity to buy pet food from them in bulk—that way, we are helping the animals and also supporting Ukraine’s economy.” ((NARRATION)) One problem they are just beginning to tackle is raising funds to ((Mandatory courtesy: Animal Rescue Kharkiv)) rebuild the destroyed shelters in Ukraine. As more and more animals are evacuated, European shelters are reaching capacity and increasingly in need of more room. ((For Khrystyna Shevchenko in Los Angeles, California, Anna Rice, VOA News)) ((End courtesy))
- NewsML Media Topics Conflict, War and Peace
- Topic Tags Animal
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date August 12, 2022 17:21 EDT
- Description English Many animal shelters in Ukraine are in dire need of pet food and water; many others have been destroyed. Local volunteers are risking their lives to save the animals—and getting help from across the ocean. Khrystyna Shevchenko has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English