10/28/2026
A true hero has been lost. Our hearts break for him, his family, his rescue and those that are waiting for a hero that will never come now…
The animals in need can’t afford to lose a single person on their side and Jesse had so much more time to be there for them.
Rest easy hero.
The rescue family is mourning after learning of Jesse Adams death. Jesse was the founder of RainCoast Rescue Society.
Jesse died in Ukraine, where he had been helping evacuate animals from communities near the front lines of the war.
On October 23, Adams posted on Facebook that he was on an evacuation mission near Kramatorsk in Eastern Ukraine, which he said was “very close to the frontlines of the war.”
“This was a very unique rescue evacuation for myself, because I have never evacuated cows or pigs before. They had two cows with three calves, one pig, two dogs, and six cats,” Adams’ post read.
Adams said during that rescue, a drone hit a house down the road from where he and his team were, and that another drone flew right over them. “Thankfully, we were not chosen as a target in this moment. We were able to survive another day in this war.”
At the time, Adams estimated that the team he was working with had evacuated between 600 and 1,000 animals.
Rest in peace Jesse💙
