B.C. Volunteer Braves Ukraine War for All Creatures Great, Small and Bizarre - Greenwood Boundary Creek Times
The team saves 30 to 60 animals per mission and has helped as many as 1,000 since Adams arrived, he said.
- Jesse Adams, co-founder of Sooke-based RainCoast Dog Rescue Society, has spent three months in Eastern Ukraine volunteering with Animal Rescue Kharkiv to evacuate animals from dangerous Donbas communities.
- Adams estimates he has helped rescue between 700 to 1,000 animals, the vast majority cats and dogs, though he has also aided unusual species including a raccoon dog named Bonya discovered in a bombed-out zoo.
- Drones and artillery shells constantly threaten their work, yet Adams says a "healthy amount of fear" keeps the team focused as Ukrainians often refuse to leave, wanting only their animals protected and relocated to safer regions.
- To extend his stay beyond the 90 days allowed for visitors, Adams is currently applying for a temporary residence permit while continuing to support RainCoast efforts on Vancouver Island.
- "I'm just going to continue to help the best I can," Adams says, driven by his Ukrainian heritage and passion for animals that ultimately motivate his commitment to remain in Ukraine.
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B.C. volunteer braves Ukraine war for all creatures great, small and bizarre
The bond between a person and their pet knows no bounds, capable of enduring even the horrors of war. On the front lines of Eastern Ukraine, Sooke volunteer Jesse Adams experiences firsthand just how unbreakable those bonds can be. “When you love something, you’ll put yourself in the way of danger to take care of it, to make sure it’s safe,” he says. “Ukrainians love their animals, and from what I’ve seen, they will do anything to help protect t…
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Sooke volunteer braves Ukraine war for all creatures great, small and bizarre
The bond between a person and their pet knows no bounds, capable of enduring even the horrors of war. On the front lines of Eastern Ukraine, Sooke volunteer Jesse Adams experiences firsthand just how unbreakable those bonds can be. “When you love something, you’ll put yourself in the way of danger to take care of it, to make sure it’s safe,” he says. “Ukrainians love their animals, and from what I’ve seen, they will do anything to help protect t…
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