Zoo animals are also in danger as a result of the Ukraine war. Animals from the Kiev zoo are now moving to Poland. The transport takes place under difficult conditions.
Kyiv – The war in Ukraine continues despite negotiations. The Ukraine conflict* not only has consequences for people, but also for zoo animals in Ukraine. Animal rights activists are currently organizing the relocation of zoo animals from Ukraine to Poland. Wild animals, including tigers and lions, from the Kyiv zoo are to be taken in by the Poznań zoo in Poland, the Wild Animal Rescue Center has announced. The organization also shared images of animals being transported on social media channels.
The distance between Poznań in Poland and the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is around 1000 kilometers. The zoo in Poland wrote that the transport also took place via roads that were being bombed. One is therefore very nervous and waits at the border to receive the animals.
Zoo animals rescued from Ukraine: transported to Poland on unsafe roads
The organization Wildlife At Risk International had written under the social media posts that they pray that the roads are safe. “Will it happen in time?” The animal protection organization also asked in addition. In the meantime, pictures of the transporter, which apparently crosses a border, have also been shown. Lions can also be seen in the pictures, snuggling up against each other in fright.
The Kyiv Zoo wrote under another post that some animals have now arrived in Poland. The animals arrived in Poland on Thursday evening (March 4th, 2022) after an odyssey of two days, zoo spokeswoman Malgorzata Chodyla told the AFP news agency. A Ukrainian truck with the twelve big cats and two wild cats and a wild dog had made it to the Polish border unscathed. Because of Russian bombardments, the transporter had to avoid the Zhytomyr region, Khodyla said.
Transport of zoo animals from Ukraine faced tanks from Russia
Once the truck had to stay overnight because it was faced with Russian tanks. The driver lay under the vehicle, the zoo spokeswoman continued. Because the transport team did not know how to feed the wild animals, the operator of the sanctuary, Natalia Popova, came with them. At the Polish border, the zoo animals were loaded onto a Polish truck and taken to Poznań. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian truck driver left immediately to return to his children in Ukraine. Popova also went home to care for about 70 other animals at her sanctuary, including some former circus animals. However, your food supplies were already running out, said the animal rights activist.
The zoo in Poznań only wants to take in the rescued animals temporarily. Zoo director Ewa Zgrabczynska said she was already in contact with several animal protection organizations that wanted to take care of the animals. There is also a call for donations because the city of Poznań cannot afford to maintain the rescued animals. Zoo animals have often had to be rescued from war zones like Syria. (df)
Meanwhile, Putin is taking even more rigorous action against critics: children laid flowers in front of the Ukrainian embassy and were arrested. *hna.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
