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The next time you hear someone say "I'm moving and can't take my pet with me", show them these photos of Ukrainians fleeing with their pets.
Photos are from Ukrainian sources
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,248 posts)They got the wife and daughter to safety and went back for the dogs.
Definitely a trigger if you dont want to see wars brutality.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,419 posts)I posted this last week as an op. No words 💔
dmr
(28,344 posts)I am so emotional right now, I threw up.
I can't type anymore.
Ruby Zee
(170 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)That video seeing the father dying and the dead dogs was particularly hard.
And you can see the stress in most of the animals faces.
That dog on the top though looks like it thinks its going on a holiday.
Some animals are a bit "special."
multigraincracker
(32,641 posts)Two from people that couldn't take them with them and the last one from a friend that passed away.
We love all 3.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,308 posts)rpannier
(24,328 posts)This is a comment on people who are moving (in a non-worn torn area) that say they can't take their pets for whatever BS reason, these people found a way to take their pets with them.
The majority of those people (in the U.S., not Ukraine) who leave their pets behind do so because they won't, not because they can't
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,308 posts)The majority of people who surrender pets do so because of economic or housing reasons, which are often outside their control. They're not exactly BS reasons.
spooky3
(34,406 posts)Can tell you those are a MINORITY of cases.
rpannier
(24,328 posts)When I said left behind, I was referring to people who just abandon the animal.
I wasn't referring to people who turn them in
My apologies. My writing wasn't at all clear on that point
iemanja
(53,012 posts)and It's not always a dire situation. Many people treat animals badly.
Skittles
(153,113 posts)in every disaster there are many people who won't leave without their pets, so much so that the policy in America regarding pets during evacuation has been officially changed - essentially, pets are to be seen as members of the family, not possessions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/08/31/how-the-chaos-of-hurricane-katrina-helped-save-pets-from-flooding-in-texas/
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)If I ever have to leave here.
He will be in his cat satchel strapped to my chest.
I will die to protect him because not only is he my family,he's my best freind. If he was left alone I would feel so bad for him I would lose my mind.
What happened in that video was heartwrenching. That son losing his dad and 2 dogs must have been unbearable for him..
I hope puketin pays for this and all the other innocents he hurt in Ukraine . Lose his country to Democracy and lose his miserable life. Fuck you putin,fuck you for all eternity.
To bring some emotional relief after watching that,here's a couple of pics of my dear cat Othello
niyad
(113,074 posts)Elessar Zappa
(13,910 posts)calimary
(81,112 posts)There are still sweet little things to see and enjoy, even amid all the carnage, terror, and tragedy in the news.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)Black beans and 3 pink beans. He is my perfect cat.
txwhitedove
(3,926 posts)Hurricane Katrina in Bay St. Louis, MS, because shelters didn't accept pets plus no money to travel far. I've been crying a day for all the families.
Skittles
(153,113 posts)I had offers to stay with people who had electricity - but I would never leave my pets behind cold and in the dark.....nope....and if I had to evacuate, well, that is why I keep two pet carriers, yes indeed.
txwhitedove
(3,926 posts)kept the fireplace going full time.
Skittles
(153,113 posts)in hindsight, my cats would have been more freaked out being relocated; they seemed to take being the dark and the cold just fine (but I know it would have spooked them if I was not there with them)
Bev54
(10,039 posts)are in the process of getting to Lviv from originally Kyiv and then they got to Bucha, the fighting became fierce and now are on the road again. They have a 10 month old cat with them that seems to be handling the disruptions with calm. She has been calming them through this whole ordeal.
nuxvomica
(12,411 posts)How does she breath? We are so cosseted and privileged in this country, at least most of us.
niyad
(113,074 posts)I love the front facing carrier in the last pic.
Donkees
(31,340 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,380 posts)iluvtennis
(19,835 posts)Poiuyt
(18,115 posts)No question about it.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Tree Lady
(11,426 posts)My indoor kitty would love to go for a walk.
okojo
(76 posts)calimary
(81,112 posts)We have three now. They're coming with us.
We evacuated a year ago from a VERY serious winter and ice storm. Took our then-two kitties with us to a hotel. While we were checking in, there were two other families, with their cats in carriers, who were checking in, too.
It was VERY nice to see these brand-name hotels taking in people and their pets.
Stuart G
(38,414 posts)DemocraticPatriot
(4,310 posts)but I have had doubts about whether I could properly care for it-- so I have not aquired one.
Raine
(30,540 posts)more then anything else with the love they have for them. 💓 A life and death situation but they make sure they take EVERY member of their family no matter how difficult it is. 💔 Seeing them brings me to tears every time. 😓 💕