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IFAW sends aid to Ukrainian animal shelters
"IFAW continues to expand out support to local partners in Ukraine" - International Fund for Animal Welfare.
The organisation has offered support to several charities. 

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has sent emergency aid to animal shelters and organisations in Ukraine following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War last month, the organisation has rushed emergency aid to its partner shelters in Donetsk and Gorlovka to cover the cost of pet food, veterinary supplies and wages for daily care staff. 

IDAW has partnered with the Poznań Zoo in Poland, which is providing temporary shelter and care for wildlife rescued from the war. 

In its latest update on emergency aid in Ukraine, IFAW said: “IFAW continues to expand our support to local partners in Ukraine who are helping animals amidst ongoing and violent attacks from Russia. 

“Our team also awarded an emergency grant to Save Wild’s White Rock Bear Shelter, a bear rehabilitation center in Chubyns’ke outside of Kyiv. Staff and volunteers sheltered in place to care for their animals after armed conflict near the city intensified. 

“With our grant funding, the center was able to purchase much-needed food and supplies for the bears under their care. 

“Since then, the bears have been evacuated and relocated to the Four Paws’ Bear Sanctuary Domazhyr in the Lviv region, Ukraine.” 

A $50,000 grant has also been issued to World Central Kitchen (WCK) to assist in providing meals in Ukraine, and at eight of the Polish-Ukrainian border crossings, and are also working in Romania and Moldova, with plans to expand to Slovakia and Hungary. 

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.