Waterlogged And Exhausted: Ukrainian Volunteers Rescue Pets Following Dam Breach
- By RFE/RL
Ukrainian volunteers continue to search for and rescue animals that have been trapped by flooding following the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the southern Kherson region.
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Volunteers carry dogs away from the floodwaters in Kherson on June 7. The dogs were tranquilized to make them easier to move.
Thousands of people in southern Ukraine were forced to flee their homes, leaving behind their pets, after the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam on June 6.
Thousands of people in southern Ukraine were forced to flee their homes, leaving behind their pets, after the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam on June 6.
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Volunteers evacuate sedated dogs in a boat during search-and-rescue operations. The volunteers are working amid Russian shelling from across the Dnieper River and must be wary of land mines displaced by the floods.
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A cat hangs on a gas pipe as it tries to escape the floodwaters.
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A volunteer rescues a dog from a rooftop in the Kherson region. Many residents were forced to quickly flee their homes due to the rapidly rising floodwaters.
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A dog is ferried across floodwaters in Kherson city.
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A woman reacts as volunteers remove pets from a boat following their rescue.
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Sedated dogs are removed from a boat after being rescued.
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A dog is comforted by a volunteer after it was rescued.
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Rescued cats are carried to dry ground.
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A volunteer holds onto a dog after it was rescued.
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A volunteer plays with dogs at an evacuation point.
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Rescue teams are continuing their efforts to save thousands of people and their animals trapped by the catastrophic flooding.
