NO DOGS LEFT BEHIND FOUNDER JEFFREY BERI RETURNS TO WAR-TORN UKRAINE, ENTERS KHERSON
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December 21, 2022 09:06 PM Eastern Standard Time
Jeffrey Beri, founder of No Dogs Left Behind (NDLB), the US-based international non-profit foundation, returned to Ukraine on December 10th to assess the current conditions in Ukraine and modify its critical plan based on the ongoing air attacks that has been crippling electricity and water supplies across Ukraine. The NDLB Ukraine team also wanted to get food supplies to the volunteers and activists in the active war zones where the supply chain of food sources for dogs and cats were unavailable. “With the changing conditions, it was so important to get volunteers and families supplies for a few weeks to feed their dogs and cats as well as the strays,” explained NDLB Founder Jeffrey Beri. The team handed out over 6 tons of dog and cat food to families with pets and to shelters. This required that the team travel through some of the most dangerous areas of Ukraine. The last location on its mission included Kherson, on December 17th, where the team worked to distribute over 2 tons of dog and cat food to families and shelters and strays, saving three dogs, two that were discovered injured in bombed out buildings. This happened while the city was being bombed - more than 16 shells were dropped in Kherson on this day – and the team, under military escort, were ordered to exit.
Earlier last week, the No Dogs Left Behind Ukraine team along with team members from Gostomel Animal Shelter visited a military compound to spay/neuter, vaccination and microchip dogs and cats, the pets of Ukranian military families.
No Dogs Left Behind, a leader in global emergency response, began its work in Ukraine in August, 2022, first establishing a critical plan, a multi-tier sterilization, vaccination and ID tagging campaign for dogs and cats aims to reduce the growing population of dogs and cats displaced by war AND protect the health, safety and well-being of all animals and humans. The program, which is continual, includes critically needed vaccinations, including for rabies, which is extremely important in Ukraine, a country where rabies is endemic, as well as distemper, canine parvovirus and leptospirosis vaccines. ID tagging is also utilized. This allows the public to easily identify the stray animals treated by this campaign. The No Dogs Left Behind Gostomel Animal Shelter team continues to work with local authorities to encourage families and villagers to participate in the campaign.
Beri has spent the last 7 years of his life fighting to save lives in East Asia. He has also travelled to Afghanistan in January 2022 to strategize and implement the transport of 300 dogs and cats from Afghanistan to Canada. Beri personally accompanied and cared for all 300 animals on the transport from Afghanistan to Turkey to Iceland and to its final destination, Canada.
We risk our lives fighting the good fight on the front lines. Please donate now to help support our continuing efforts in Ukraine which will help provide much needed assistance! https://bit.ly/NDLB_Ukraine
About No Dogs Left Behind: No Dogs Left Behind (NDLB) operates boots on the ground in East Asia, fighting on the frontlines to rescue dogs from the illegal dogmeat trade. No Dogs Left Behind works hands-on with local activists through emergency response, pulling dogs directly from slaughterhouses, dogmeat trucks, wet markets and traffickers. The foundation’s mission extends beyond borders, advocating for the creation and enforcement of animal welfare laws, and raising awareness for a cruelty-free, sustainable world in which no animal is violated, exploited, tortured or slaughtered for commercial goods or profit. With nearly 500 survivors in its care, No Dogs Left Behind operates sanctuaries in Dayi and Gongyi in East Asia and Toronto, Canada. Follow NDLB on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok.
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