‘I’m driving into Ukraine warzone because I can’t watch innocent animals suffer’
ok.co.ukLisa Buck was horrified by the news that Ukranian volunteer Anastasiia Yalanskaya, 26, had been killed after dropping off dog food to a shelter.
But rather than put her off, the Norfolk animal lover instead took action…. “It was hearing on the news about desperate people in Ukraine running back to their animals and getting shot that made me stand up from the sofa one night, turn to my husband Bill, and say ‘I have to do something’.
I’m a ‘doer’, not a talker, and I knew animals would be suffering just as the civilians are right now in Ukraine.The thought of them being hungry and homeless wrenched at my heart.
At home in Norfolk I’ve got three dogs, two horses and a rescued pig. I’ve loved and worked with animals all my life. I have no idea how I would cope if I was having to run for my life leaving my animals behind.
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