Two weeks ago, a Northern Virginia veterinarian overwhelmed with the urge to bring some relief to Ukraine packed her bags and flew there to help animals and try to keep them alive in hopes of a reunion with their owners.
At one point, she treated four-legged patients at a bombed-out animal shelter filled with hundreds of dogs. There were desperately low resources.
“It’s scary, but they need the help, and the reason why even more so is because it’s getting harder to bring the pets into Poland and Romania to get them out of Ukraine,” she said. Katsur’s professional composure breaks a bit as she tries to describe the enormity of the pain she saw, pain she had taken an oath to relieve.
“Seeing everything is very, very humbling. It was really devastating and it’s going to take a really long time to rebuild,” she said. Before she had returned to the U.S., Katsur vowed to start a GoFundMe to send badly needed pet food and medicine to Ukraine. She also wants to build a new rescue shelter and fund the salary of a Ukrainian vet to permanently staff it.
Katsur said the need for volunteer vets remains urgent because some have lasted only a day or two before leaving, overwhelmed by what they encounter.
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