On January 19, 2023, the first awarding of the All-Ukrainian Animal Protection Award to volunteers who saved animals from war will take place.
Ukrainians will be able to nominate animal advocates for such an award, Oleksandr Todorchuk, the founder of the humanist movement UAnimals, reports on Facebook.
"Today, Ukrainians inspire the whole world by taking care of every life even in the most difficult moments: civilians and military personnel, combat medics and rescuers save both people and animals even on the front line," he wrote.
Todorchuk said that the prize jury included:
- Masi Nayem — military serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, human rights defender, public figure;
- Alina Mykhaylova is a soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a volunteer and public activist, a deputy of the Kyiv City Council of the 9th convocation;
- Daniel Cox is Head of Campaigning at PETA Germany;
- Oleksandr Todorchuk — serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, animal rights activist;
- Yuliya Ovchinnikova is the co-chairman of the Humane Country MFI, a People's Deputy of Ukraine.
He also noted that such an initiative is implemented by UAnimals together with the inter-factional association "Humane Country".
You can nominate a person by link.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that the twenty-year-old zoo volunteer Anastasia Tykha with her husband Artur Lee during the evacuation from the fire-stricken Irpen 15 sick dogs were taken out on foot, some of whom are in wheelchairs.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, animal rights activists for the day of July 6 saved 111 lives, in particular, 20 dogs were evacuated from the animal protection center in the Mykolayiv region to the shelter in Starokostyantynov.
