American Travels To Ukraine To Help Animals Displaced By The War

A 28-year-old man from Maryland decided to fly to Poland at the start of the Russian invasion to volunteer at a Ukrainian animal shelter. The shelter cares for wild and domesticated animals who have been abandoned or displaced as a result of the war.
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[@elizabethreed3358]

The look in the dogs eyes... What a wonderful human being this man and other volunteers are.

[@cian6869]

That's so wonderful. The animals need help. They don't start wars.

[@badkitty1285]

War brings out the best-and the worst in human beings. This guy is the best!

[@CA2SD]

This is beyond heart wrenching. They are so fearful of loud noises especially on 4th of July. I cannot even imagine how those sounds are impacting them. Please do a follow up and give us more information on how we can support him so that he can extend his stay if he is able to do so.

[@tonybiddle6668]

Hello i discovered today that the Blue Cross shop is doing a special collection to help charities helping pets in the Ukraine. Hope this helps.

[@SantiagoTM1]

He represents what right with Humanity. He's every parent's dream Son. I'd be honored to sit down with him & share a good meal. Where can I donate towards his travel expenses??? Ppl, help me out PLEASE. Respectfully, Santiago Murillo-Tucson.

[@myrnadelgadillo310]

Same, I hope we can find a link to support him to show appreciation for his actions you don’t see this everyday.

[@SantiagoTM1]

@@myrnadelgadillo310 , morning Lady Myrna Delgadillo, I'd prefer & would feed all those innocent animals than a Russia so-called soldier.

[@tonybiddle6668]

Hello, i discovered today the Blue Cross shop is making a collection specifically to help charities helping pets in the Ukraine. Hope this helps

[@SantiagoTM1]

@@tonybiddle6668 Sir, you're the BEST. Thanks, I will most certainly look into it & if all checks out, my donation(S)...

[@melodytenisch6232]

@@tonybiddle6668 Thank you for this information; I too will check it out to see if it's legit.👵👍

[@sandyoi5301]

Thank you for your heroic sweet consciousness heart in helping Our Animals!!! 💖 🐕 🐈 ✨ 🐦 🐇 💖

[@НатальяВеселова-ы3б]

Вот настоящие герои!! Спасибо вам,низкий поклон!! Такая надежда и боль в глазах собак!! Они как дети!!! Без человека они погибнут!! Не бросайте своих питомцев, это ангелы на земле!! Спасибо вам за помощь, в любой ситуации нужно оставаться ЧЕЛОВЕКОМ!!

[@carlislepanting5219]

Belize central america I'm from and i agree totally !! Prayers for Ukraine

[@alllifematters]

Aww what a hero! Early on while watching the livestreams you could hear dogs barking after the bombings. I'm so glad there are angels taking care of them

[@tinaluna6068]

God bless you and all who are helping the Animals.

[@jasonsspecial]

An actual nice person !♥️✌️

[@vincenzafasulo8364]

Wonderful help all this poor dogs and much Animals blessing for every life and for yuour Life

[@annegee6756]

Bless you for helping them!

[@kendallm3]

We need more people like him. God bless this beautiful soul. Every time I watch Ukrainians fleeing dragging their stuffs, I automatically think about the pets that were left behind in their houses. I hope more animals will be rescued too.

[@elizabethdryjas6635]

Thank you so much 😊❤️❤️❤️🐾🐾🐾🙏🙏🙏

[@MsMadam-zo5wz]

Praying For Everyone May God Be With You!

[@MyRats]

Спасибо всем добрым людям за любовь и заботу о животных, которые в беде❤️🙏

[@jennystein8761]

Oh, I cry for all the animals. Saw a dead German Shepherd on a newscast. A beautiful dog. Just like one I used to have. Wish I could go and help. Thank you to all the people that are helping the animals in Ukraine. Putin is an evil monster. I stand with Ukraine🇺🇦🇺🇦💔

[@aweishaupt5955]

What a wonderful human. God Bless 🐾💓🕊

[@tanyaolson4174]

Is there a way to help this man? He's doing such incredible work and I would gladly help pay some of his bills. He shouldn't have to worry about bills at home when he's doing such heroic and brave work.

[@brendaraudebaugh6246]

Bless this man. Bless all that help Ukrainians in any way including fur babies.

[@suzieque4438]

The heart of a volunteer is as big as the sky. God bless you.

[@deewells4259]

God Bless Him…. 🙏🏾

[@nicolechen2605]

You're a hero! God bless you abundantly and may God bless Ukraine and all animals that don't have a loving family and home.

[@emiliamoustafa7725]

God bless you .you are special person with a golden heart.we need more people like you in this cold war.animals need a lot help also.

[@nappendal77]

Four feet is the best therapists for soldiers,,so i could say they are also soldiers

[@terriseaton3049]

THIS is a REAL angel!!!

[@deannekliene2673]

God bless him and god bless those pets along with the people of Ukraine .....

[@graceleyva4556]

I admired this person .

[@chantallharvey4175]

Thank you so much

[@eholey8588]

This is so heartwarming!!

[@Chi.RosaMaria7]

💙Fur-Babies💛🙏

[@cristinatheiler2053]

thank you all for save and rescue this all poor lovely animals. thank s to all of you. All of you are an Angel

[@bikesandcampswithcats]

Good job, dude!

[@karenclawson-long9285]

Thank you to this wonderful man who cares for pets. If he decides to go back and help some more I would be willing to help fund what he needs to do that. God bless this wonderful human being. I would also be willing to help fund and effort to bring these dogs to the United States and Foster them for their families and provide a home for the ones who have no one to take care of them anymore. Very sad. Shame on Putin. The day this evil monster have to answer to God for what he did and is still doing cannot come soon enough.

[@tuttasalonen7035]

Thank God there are still Big Big hearts in this world. Thank you!

[@evaonealfreeman4263]

Amazing thank you 🇺🇦👍🐶 I wish all wars will stop for once, stupid humans 🤬

[@carlislepanting5219]

Belize central america I'm from and i agree totally !! Truthful and powerful

[@meisyg.8741]

Thank you! For your kind and wonderful support to the ones that can't speak 🐶🐱🐕‍🦺🦮🐕🐩🐈‍⬛🐈. God Bless you!

[@Pooch.12.3]

God Speed....Stay Up Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏

[@fatmakanar4153]

Çok sağolun 🐈🐕🐱🐶🌍❤️🤗... 🙋‍♀️🇹🇷

[@The6thelement9413]

These beautiful babies are so grateful for people like you. I’ve generously donated to SPCA Int’l. What else do you need?

[@MsMadam-zo5wz]

God Bless You Take Care!

[@mariabekker6470]

Thank you so very much for helping the precious babys. God bless you🙏❤🐕😭

[@alana6806]

There’s an American journalist, he’s there and does now even humanitarian rescue in Mariupol. Must watch his channel, Patrick Lancaster. He gives mic to,people there and let them express themselves in this chaos . Remarkable work and worth to watch ? Raw videos

[@mariacorrales6181]

Thanks for help 💕 God bless you 💖

[@abigailalvarado611]

Good Job. It is sad. Those animals are the true humans and sometimes humans are animals.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

And every one of those little souls is worth more than putin's.

[@MariaMorales-nn3fg]

¡ Bien hecho ! ….es un ser humano admirable

[@peace-now]

Good guy. This is real help for Ukraine.

[@AmericanAntiCorruptionAct]

“As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[@donjohnson2639]

Awesome, I’ve been worried about Ukrainian pets. Hope they are safe and find homes or original owners

[@brendaleemurray1782]

Thankyou so much for your help and aid

[@sammanns]

Thank you, thank you,n thank you for your compassion

[@jrsoto8284]

Awesome story thank

[@kellyumphrey707]

Go my hero

[@2023tommy]

💯💯🙏🇺🇦🙏thank you so much for helping animals

[@melodytenisch6232]

Chapeau young man! Bravo!👵🎩💞🐕🐈

[@einareinarsson8662]

Hero. God Bless you

[@dicolamia54saba66]

GRANDI..GRAZIEEEEEE 👏👏👏👏👏👍🏼❤

[@aprilsmith3683]

A hero...🇿🇦🕊🇺🇦

[@tinawall7158]

GOD BLESS YOU FOR CARING AND A THOUSAND THANK YOUs! 🥰🙏

[@barbbrown9496]

I love my dogs like my own children. Heart breaking all the poor animals and innocent victims in this uncalled for war!! Does this guy have a go fund me?? Because I am involved in a lot of dog/animal lovers groups and organizations that would help him with donations so he could stay & afford it & possibly even more stuff for the dogs/cats( if they have cats.)

[@tonybiddle6668]

Hello, today i discovered the Blue Cross shop is making a collection specifically for charities helping pets in the Ukraine. Hope this helps

[@thejaydeeclub5062]

thaaaaaaat's what i'm talkin' about !!!!! go dude, you ROCK !

[@YoYo-bb4nh]

Thank God for saving, you did a good job guys 👍

[@evangelostzonis6383]

Great HUMANS!!!!!!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@bernicescanlon6137]

God bless you 🙏young man thank you

[@donnahalterman5783]

God bless you

[@rhonda3837]

God bless him

[@blackie8083]

May God watch over you and all the animals!!!

[@tammypritts8102]

God bless you 🙏 ❤️ 🙏

[@Anonimul921]

Great man!👏💚✌️🇺🇦🇷🇴

[@zaynahmahmud9834]

Rescue and adopt them- reunite them with their owner

[@carlislepanting5219]

Watching from Belize central america I'm sending prayers for Ukraine and the volunteer from the USA helping the animals in Ukraine!!✌🏽🙏🌎🇧🇿🇺🇦🇺🇸💯✨🐩

[@viciouslady1340]

I hope they rescue them all and they are able to reunite most of them. Do not leave one dog behind to be eatten by the orcs

[@pedersteenberg2010]

THIS IS SAD HUMAN RACE IN YEAR 2022 FEEL MORE SORRY FOR ANIMALS THEN HUMANS.

[@ladybug5654]

Love your efforts

[@myradioon]

Animals are better than humans.

[@akhilpremk]

I wish people had the same level of care for the animals we slaughter by the millions for meat. They are just as intelligent as dogs.

[@duebella8873]

We want ri COME OVER TO HELP WITH THE ANIMALS, PLEASE,ADVISE ON What must be done wHAT STEPS SHOULD Be taken.

[@dekelpolak4190]

Why We Do Need So Many People in the World At the start of the 20th century, the world population was roughly two billion people. Today, it is roughly eight billion. Of those eight billion, most are poor, and over a billion people are hungry to the point of starvation. Providing for so many people at a decent level seems too formidable a task for Earth. Moreover, each day, more bots, robots, and automatic machines are replacing human jobs. Humanity is producing enough to provide for everyone, so the question is why we need so many people. Would Earth, and humanity, not be better off if we were only four billion, for example? The truth is that we wouldn’t be better off; we would be much worse off. There is a good reason for the exponential growth in humanity’s population over the past century or so. When we look at people, we see faces and bodies, human beings, and nothing more. But the truth is much more complicated and intricate than that. Try to imagine any animal without relating it to its environment, and you will realize that it is a lost cause. The shape, color, behavior, size, longevity, and every other aspect of its existence derives from the environment where it exists. Animals are not isolated from their environment; they rely on it, follow its laws, and at the same time make up the environment that sustains them and of which they are a part. Humans, too, make up a system. We think of ourselves as isolated individuals, but we are actually parts of a global human society. We influence it, it influences us, and almost everything that is true for the animal kingdom is true for us. There are only two differences between animals and people, though they are fundamental differences. The first is that people are inherently mean and selfish, while animals are not. The second is that our desires grow and intensify, while those of animals remain largely the same. While we want more money and power the more we have of them, animals settle for what they have once they have had their fill. Worse yet, from generation to generation, we are becoming more greedy, domineering, and narcissistic. Conversely, animals’ “aspirations” do not change from generation to generation: Give them enough grass, or enough game, and they are happy campers. The reason why our desires grow while those of animals remain the same is that an increased desire makes us accelerate our development. Eventually, humans are not intended to perceive only the physical existence, but to penetrate through it and perceive the connectedness and interdependence among all of us not only intellectually, as I am explaining it here, but in the senses, just as we perceive the physical world, if not more so. Our constant desire to search, explore, discover, and learn stems from our aspiration to know the deepest levels of reality. That knowledge is the sole prerogative of humans since only people develop such profound desires. As our desires grow, we must learn to direct them toward discovering the purpose and structure of life. New desires first appear on the crassest level, and we must cultivate them, raise them to the level where they enhance our perception of reality. Because these desires are so intense, we need more people to “share the load.” As just said, although we feel isolated, we are in fact one system. Everything we think is ours is actually part of the system of humanity and all of humanity shares it. Therefore, our desires are also not personal, even though they feel as such. Every time we elevate one desire from the corporeal level to the higher levels of perception, we influence all of humanity. And every time a person dies, the burden of elevating our common desire grows heavier on all of us. This is why the life of every person is precious. It determines the pace of advancement of all of humanity. If we realized how deeply we are connected, and what harm we cause by mistreating other people, if we felt it as it really is-that we are torturing ourselves-we would not dare mistreat each other or leave one person uncared for.

[@krenee8640]

Waaaaay too well written for a comment on a random feel-good weekend news piece on KZbin. I appreciate your profound insight and eloquent explanation of such. 👏🏼Hats off to you. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@JJ-ok2sm]

😭😭😭😭😭please help these animals we need planes✈✈✈✈✈ to rescue them and bring him to Maryland where he lives.

[@cloudie9druoid172]

I love this❤️❤️

[@dalvamattosvilao8549]

DEUS abençoe sempre vocês 🙏 anjo protetor de animais 🐕 🙏😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘 Curitiba 🇧🇷

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ animal ; ❤️ watching dogs eat

[@barbaraferdon1372]

God Bless 🙏❤️

[@ОльгаНановская]

Спасибо

[@guillerminacallescastillo2320]

Los eroes maravilloso gracias por rrescatarlo los animalitos tienen el cielo ganado ver tantos hermano preocupado por los perritoque emocion tienen el cielo ganado ejempll para el mundo entero🐩🐩🐩🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐆🐅🐮🦁🦓🦄🐄🐎😊😘

[@mw4340]

Hopefully more Americans will go to help the animals

[@mashmab4392]

Please donate animals charities in Ukraine. ROLDA RESCUE TEAM and any charities for pets

[@Wyonative08]

Whoever is able to help him to pay his bills so he can stay and help over there, please do so. Don't know how you would do that but, guess you could find out through YT.

[@polabenchimol2660]

You are amazing 😍😍😍💕💕💕👍😘

[@barbbrown9496]

We need a go fund me for this guy!! Is there anyone who can help with that info???

[@justinspencer6283]

Yay! Good man

[@chopchop4326]

🇺🇦💗🇺🇦

[@ninepugs6111]

Poor puppies. 😥

[@mariahelenadomingues2597]

Sejam abençoados

[@merchepalleiroros7771]

Pobres animales abandonados a su suerte

[@scarletttroquille3304]

Outstanding 🌹 Work Son!🐩 God be with you Always. I wish I could take some of those Dogs here in America. SPCA international , knows a Group Murphy's Rescue Groups or Something, for Flights.. thanks again 🌹

[@kyliestorm_music]

Hero

[@johnwattdotca]

When are you going to start saying that when President Putin calls his dogs they no longer come to him?

[@emzkiemoimoi448]

Can I volunteer to save the dog in ukriene love much 🐕🐕❤️❤️