Kyiv Zoo

[Tomconroy]

Conditions are difficult at the Kyiv Zoo. Families have move into the zoo to take care of the animals but food is a major problem for the large animals. Russian shelling has come close. I'll put up a few tweets in the next minutes.

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Some have been rescued:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kyiv-zoo-ukraine-russia-animal-rescue-b2028186.html

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[WarGamer]

1. Reminds me of the Berlin Zoo, 1945

https://historycollection.com/the-tragic-ordeal-of-the-berlin-zoo-in-world-war-ii/

[SheltieLover]

2. Is there somewhere to donate to help?

[Tomconroy]

5. I haven't found anything specific but I'll keep looking.

Bad situation. Kharkiv zoo is even worse.

[SheltieLover]

6. Oh gawd...

Ty Tom!

[lapfog_1]

3. There isn't much anyone can do at this point.

getting supplies into the zoo would be incredibly difficult.

I mean, let's suppose you could get 5 lorries full of food and medicine for the zoo... but those same lorries could carry food and medicine for children.. or even arms for the military that remains... which would you choose?

It would have been best, back when Biden was releasing all kinds of intelligence and warnings about the coming invasion... if the zoo keepers had made arrangements with other zoos in Europe and evacuated all of the animals (and staff) before the war started.

But they didn't... and now it is likely the animals will die of starvation.

[LiberatedUSA]

7. Or people will be forced to eat the animals...

…before the animals die of starvation.

[Karadeniz]

4. The Baghdad zoo was practically obliterated after our bombing. One Iraqi was trying to help. A

South African, Lawrence Anthony, was asked to help. I noticed a book for sale about another man who helped. We could send food and help relocate those who can travel. I wonder if our govt has sent messages to our zoos soliciting helpful ideas and a public appeal.

[AlexSFCA]

8. the reality is that we have no choice but to prioritize children, people lives no matter how painful

this is. If animals cannot be rescued, the most humane choice would be euthanasia. I love animals more than most people, I don’t want them to suffer.

[Mr.Bill]

9. It's a sad story but when I was a kid

there was a small zoo near is at a local county park. It was in financial trouble and at one point they were feeding some of the animals to each other. I think I recall some people got in a lot of trouble over that. It was quite a scandal.

[lillypaddle]

10. There seems no end to the pain

physical, mental, emotional. Animals and humans alike, except for the monsters like Putin. May he burn in hell.

[colorado_ufo]

11. I have been so worried about the zoo. I did not expect to find it even in this good a shape.

I can't even begin to imagine the horrors of the people in Ukraine, especially the children.

[pansypoo53219]

12. feed the carnivores dead russias.

[dalton99a]

13. Recycle the dead Russian generals