When millions of people were forced to flee their homes due to the invasion of Ukraine, they were unable to take their companion animals with them. An estimated one million dogs and cats were left homeless and living on the streets.

Dan Fine heard about this from a Ukrainian friend in Vancouver, and he was moved to help.

He teamed up with volunteers and animal charities to organise missions to vaccinate and sterilise these stray pets, with two important aims. To prevent more dogs and cats being born, and to prevent the spread of rabies from wild animals to these strays and then to humans. 

It sounds like the plot of an action film but this is a race that’s happening in real time.

Dan came on the podcast to talk about their documentary, War Tails; which explains the problem, but also the solution.

www.wartails.org

War Tails trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-rNAq0oF0&t=6s

www.uwarf.com 

Some Ukraine footage from K9 Rescue International:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpPZI0bY6cI

Featured music:

https://wartails.bandcamp.com/album/war-tails-original-soundtrack

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