After three missions between March and May, thousands of kilometers and several days of travel by Lukasz, Peter and Andreas, more than 100 Ukrainian animal refugees moved into the safe haven of the Pro Animale sanctuaries in Germany, Poland and Austria!

In view of the deeply disastrous and desperate situation in Ukraine for both humans and animals, Pro Animale has opened its sanctuary doors to provide a safe and secure refuge for as many animal refugees from the war as our capacity allowed.

Peter Janovich and Lukasz Szyszkowski drove to Przemyśl on the Ukrainian border on 7 March and were able to take 31 dog protégés into the care of Pro Animale. Please click here to see all 31 dogs from the first rescue mission.

After another three-day mission to Lwiw/Ukraine, Lukasz and Peter finally arrived in Copernika in the early hours of 16 March after a 22 hours drive and another 39 dog refugees from a city that has been heavily attacked. Some of the dogs are in very poor health, not to mention their mental condition. After they were still completely distraught and scared when they were unloaded, the burden of their traumas seemed to fade away shortly after arriving in Copernika and they were quickly following Lukasz around "as if liberated". Nevertheless, it will take some time to ease their tense mental state. Please click here to see all 39 dogs from the second rescue mission.

On 10 March, 11 cat refugees from Ukraine found a safe home in our alternative cat sanctuary Pastorale/Austria.

On 19 March, five more dogs from Belarus took refuge from the threat of war in our sanctuaries.

On 23 March 2022 another 14 cat refugees have arrived safely in our cat sanctuary Pastorale/Austria.

On 26.04.2022 Peter and Andreas drove to the Hungarian-Ukrainian border and were allowed to take 15 dog refugees from the BIM animal shelter in Kropiwnitzkij/Ukraine into our care – they all arrived well looked after in our Rendezvous with Animals.

On 04.05 2022 we were allowed to welcome 7 Ukrainian dog refugees in our germ cell in Uetzing – they come from Butscha, Irpin and an animal shelter near Kiev.

Our greatest appreciation goes to our Lukasz Szyszkowski and his staff who now suddenly have to take care of 70 more dogs, many of which unneutered and in poor condition, in Copernika all within one week. It cannot be stressed enough at this point that caring at this point for 250 dogs in a group setting is a special and exhausting challenge. Our sincere thanks!

We pay extraordinary respect to all the courageous Ukrainian animal welfare activists who risk their lives to save animals from the disastrous threatening war.