Global Animal Rescue And Response

Delivering Food To Those Who Lost What They Called Home (6 August 2026)

After we did our evacuation 7km from the Russian border and brought all the people and animals to the transit point, we had one important job left to do. That was to bring some very much needed food to the animals of the IDPs who no longer had a home. At their transit point, Unity & Strength have an animal shelter for these animals who lost their homes and for many of them, their families as well. These are the dogs and cats who no longer have families or no longer have homes. Some of these animals have families who are in the transit pipeline, and others have nothing.

Thankfully, they have an organization who cares enough about their lives to care for them and ensure they are safe. We had asked them if they needed anything, and the response was dry and wet food. Thanks for our good friend Tom Bates with K9 Rescue Ukraine , we were able to pick up 700kg of food that will now manage to go towards helping an estimated 200 animals. When we delivered this food, we saw that they were literally down to their last bag of dog food that you see in the video.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped to make this happen. Again, it shows that working together for a common goal pays off in the amount of aid that can be distributed to those in need. The more we come together to help one another can only increase the numbers of animals and people we can help in the process.

Isn't that the whole point of it all in the first place?

We are Global Animal Rescue And Response and helping those in need is what we do.

🙏 Every donation makes a life-saving difference.
🔗 Donate: www.globalanimalrescueandresponse.org/donate
📧 Zeffy Donations: https://tinyurl.com/GARRescue
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Wog Dog Update!!!!! (September 2026)

SOMEONE is doing very well in his foster location. His sutures came out weeks ago and now he is going through the processes to get him ready to leave Ukraine before the end of the year. All of his vaccines have been done along with his titer test, and it is just a waiting period now before he can cross the border to Poland.

Once he is in Poland he will go to another foster location as the process begins for him to be ready to travel to the US. That is going to take some time, but it is going to be much more loving and warmer than the Wog would have been for him over the winter.

We still need help with his vet bills that totaled just under 23,000UAH. We are just under halfway to that mark. You can donate on either our website or our Zeffy fundraiser page. All donations are tax deductible as we are a 501c3 registered charity.

Thank you all and we are getting closer to seeing him again so he can STOMP STOMP STOMP...

We are Global Animal Rescue And Response and helping those in need is what we do.

🙏 Every donation makes a life-saving difference.
🔗 Donate: www.globalanimalrescueandresponse.org/donate
📧 Zeffy Donations: https://tinyurl.com/GARRescue
📱 Venmo Donations:
🏦 Zelle: [email protected]

A Rescue 7km From The Russian Border (6 August 2026)

Animals Evacuated - 3
Humans Evacuated -2
Supplies Delivered - 700kg
Kilometers Driven - 1300
Hours Awake - 54

This was the longest evacuation we had this trip when it came to hours awake. Our clock started at 0600 on 5 August and did not stop until 1300 on 7 August. It was a request from Unity & Strength for dual assistance with both animal and medical support for an evacuation that was 7km from the Russian border in the Sumy Oblast.

We had an elderly woman who was bedridden and immobile, along with her daughter caretaker and their three dogs. No other teams would come for them due to the location and the dogs they have. Based on that location, the evacuation would require an armored vehicle, which Unity & Strength has.

During the evac, the Dzyga and Chuyka detectors went off multiple times. We had drones fly directly over our location as well. Once we got everyone in the van and verified stable, we started the drive out to the transit center. Our van was left under a tree for safety with food for an IDP animal shelter.

The supplies we delivered were part of the almost ton we had picked up from our friend Tom Bates from K9 Rescue Ukraine. The shelter holds animals that IDPs could not take with them, and they were literally down to their last bag of food when we brought this 250kg of dry and wet food for them. It was a much needed and appreciated delivery that absolutely helped them out.

54 hours after starting and one Wog Dog visit later, we arrived back in Kharkiv ready to get some much needed sleep and prepare to do it all over again.

We are Global Animal Rescue And Response and helping those in need is what we do.

🙏 Every donation makes a life-saving difference.
🔗 Donate: www.globalanimalrescueandresponse.org/donate
📧 Zeffy Donations: https://tinyurl.com/GARRescue
📱 Venmo Donations:
🏦 Zelle: [email protected]

Two years ago this was our office. Artillery was what flew through the air. Now it's been replaced mostly by drones and KABs, which can both be much deadlier and accurate