02/25/2022
For our animal welfare friends
**UPDATE 27 Feb 22** We are still working hard to try and get verified information of shelters that need help in Ukraine and a trusted colleague, Darya, in the US who has been supporting Ukrainian rescues for many years has set up a fundraiser to support many rescues that have been verified at this time. Many of the shelters she is supporting are included in the shelter information you have sent to us and money is already being transferred to those shelters.
You can donate to the campaign for the shelters at the page Darya has set up below
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/raising-money-for-animal-shelters-in-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR1Li6Ox4-3QuOc9luFPm6UaFsUV17YvjW4lmr-dU5k6SrKB1WXLMmGmpBc#/
**UPDATE 26 Feb 22**
Kabul Small Animal Rescue have put together the list below for people who are leaving Ukraine with animals. The information has been verified as far as possible and states how it was verified. Please get this information out in the public domain.
We are still working with our rescue partners to establish who the animals shelters are that cannot leave and find out how help can be given. Right now banks are closed, paypal doesn't work, a key bridge has been blown up cutting some rescues off from being able to get out to buy supplies but we are working hard on trying to verify rescues and find ways to get help to them.
****This is a work in progress, and just the basics of export regulations as we can find them now--PDF coming****
VERIFIED INFORMATION ON REGULATIONS FOR COMPANION ANIMAL IMPORTATION
February 25, 2022
*All escorts for animals must be either female, or men not between 18-60 years of age*
POLAND
~verified by Chief Veterinary Inspectorate (wetgiw.gov.pl)
βTemporary procedure for the movement of companion animals from the territory of Ukraine to the territory of the Polish by persons who do not have a set of veterinary documents for dogs, cats and ferretsβ
β’ Allowing entry without paperwork
β’ Animals can be vaccinated on arrival
β’ Allowing refugees to bring unowned/stray animals and providing care through DIOZ
ROMANIA
~verified by the National Authority for Veterinary Health and Public Sanitation (ansvsa.ro)
β’ Allowing entry without paperwork
β’ Form completed on arrival
HUNGARY
~verified by Hungarian National Veterinary Authority (https://www.nebih.gov.hu)
βHungary ensures that those fleeing Ukraine can bring their companion animals with themβ
β’ Allowing entry without paperwork
β’ Form completed on arrival
SLOVAKIA
~verified only by Slovakian Border Police Official Instagram page, not ministerial level
β’ Allowing entry without paperwork
β’ Form completed on arrival
SLOVENIA
~verified by the Slovenian State Veterinary Authority (https://www.svps.sk)
βIn accordance with the guidelines of the European Commission and Article 32 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 576/2013 of 12 June 2013 on the non-commercial movement of animal animals and on the destruction of the Regulation (EC) No 2003 In the extreme situation of political unrest in Ukraine, the State Veterinary and Food Administration of the SR allows for the non-commercial transfer of animal animals to the territory of the Republic of Slovenia for the payment of fugitive refugees.β
β’ Allowing entry without paperwork
β’ Form completed on arrival and turned into Slovenian Ministry of Finance
GERMANY
~verified only by NGO at this time
β’ Animal documentation required most entry points
β’ Exception at Munich. To engage in this process, contact: https://tierschutzverein-muenchen.de
MOLDOVA
*Unofficially, women allowed to transit through Moldova with animals to Romania
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War Paws is getting many messages from caring supporters who are concerned about Ukraine and its people and animals. War Paws is devastated watching the news of Russiaβs invasion on Ukraine. We see thousands of people fleeing the country with their pets and we are truly thankful that they have not left their pets behind but we are deeply concerned for the many animal rescues in Ukraine who are not able to move because they are caring for multiple animals in shelters with already stretched resources.
Rescuers are refusing to leave the animals in their care and are risking their own lives to ensure that they can provide the care these animals need but as we have seen so many times before in areas of conflict it does not take long for food, medicine and other supply shortages to take hold so we are speaking to rescuers on the ground in Ukraine to establish what we can do to help them during these dark times.
Orgs across the world are working together gathering information on how they can help the animals and rescuers of Ukraine as well as many European countries opening their borders to people and animals and we hope that this continues. Our rescue partners Kabul Small Animal Rescue and SPCA International are also gathering information to see what can be done to help but these efforts will take some time to co-ordinate how help can best be given and establish legitimate routes for donations before any fundraising begins.
Please keep the people and animals of Ukraine in your thoughts, as we have seen so many times in recent decades the cost to both human and animal life as a result of war is completely devastating.
If you know of a rescue org in Ukraine that needs help please do send us the information and we will be sharing this information with our rescue partners so we can try and get together valid information on how to make donations that will reach them and help them to continue their work.
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