With partners across Ukraine we have been able to keep working through an exceptionally hard year to feed, treat and sterilise roaming dogs and cats. The situation remains critical — shelters are stretched, frontline communities face continuing danger, and many animals still lack the basic care they need — but with your help we made measurable, lifesaving progress in 2025.

One winter’s day, our team received a call from an elderly grandmother. A cat was lying helpless on the street after being struck by a car. Without hesitation, we rushed to the scene.

Zhanna, one of our long-term partners, discovered Zinka in heartbreaking conditions, abandoned in a filthy kennel, without food or water. The little dog was weak and suffering from a severe infection. Zhanna knew there was no time to lose.

Between October and November 2025,we were proud to work alongside Worldwide Vets on a vital animal welfare mission in Odesa Oblast, southern Ukraine.

Following our last update on the Ukraine Animal Aid Project, we’re pleased to share more about the work your support is making possible.

As winter approaches, our teams and partners in Ukraine are working tirelessly to help animals survive the months ahead.

Sterilising cats and dogs living on the streets of Ukraine promotes animal welfare in the short and long term through various means.

In March and April 2025, Wildlife and Welfare proudly collaborated with Worldwide Vets to begin addressing this urgent issue with compassionate, targeted action. The April 2025 Mission had a clear goal: sterilise and vaccinate 300 animals across two rural villages in Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast – Sarata and Tatarbunary.

Along the frontlines of the war in Ukraine, there’s a crisis of abandoned pets with extraordinary stories of survival. Read about Natasha and her survival from a bombed building in Kherson.

Zhanna discovered Umca as a puppy, in one of the industrial areas in Odessa where she feeds dozens of street dogs. She noticed that Umca was limping, so she picked him up and took him to the vet. The vet told Zhanna that he was malnourished, had worms, had skin problems, and had a malformation in his front leg.

In times of conflict and crisis, addressing human needs must be the top priority. However, attending to the welfare of uncontrolled stray animal populations is essential, as it not only benefits the animals but also positively affects the environment and the community.

As the war in Ukraine hits the two year mark, we are launching a new project to help the animals and animal charities within the country who desperately need our support.