Ukrainian Staffers and Families Live at Kyiv Zoo amid Russia’s Invasion

• According to Reuters reports, Kyiv Zoo employees live with their families and the animal friends.
• According to the outlet staff and families have been staying at the zoo for almost eight days.
• Kirill Trentin, director of the Zoo, stated in a blog post how Russia’s invasion into Ukraine is stressing the animals.

The employees at theKyiv ZooIn Ukraine, people are still living with their families after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Some Ukrainian residents are aware of this.The country was evacuatedasRussia’s invasion continues, director Kirill Trentin and other Kyiv Zoo staff have stayed behind to help the animals, according to Reuters. The Kyiv Zoo houses nearly 4,000 animals and 200 species.

The outlet reported that staff and their families had lived together on the property for nearly eight days.

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The group refers to themselvesAs the “zoo military commune,”According to Reuters.

“All day we are working with animals, and at night we are hiding at shelters because there are attacks,”Trentin spoke to the outlet.

Trentin said to Reuters, “a “huge fight”He believed that the recent outbreak was an attempt by forces of occupying a military unit.

“Tracer ammunition was flying all over the zoo,”Trentin stated that fighting has been stressful for the animals.

“And in the morning after, we have to look if anybody was hurt,”Trentin shared his thoughts with Reuters. “But there were no obvious signs of injuries, and no one’s dead.”

Trentin said that some birds had been injured by hitting their cages.

Trentin repeated his position in a February 26, 2005, interviewblog postthat the fighting stressed the animals out, prompting staffers to move some animals to indoor enclosures and others to underground galleries.

Trentin writes that veterinarians are available to provide comfort and emotional support for animals when they need it. The IndependentThe Kyiv Zoo reported that they have around 10 days left of food until they run out.

Animal rights activists areWe urge you toPeople are asked to protect animals at zoos and sanctuaries after Russia invaded Ukraine. Another group of animals — Six lions, six Tigers, two Caracals and one African Wild Dog. — were saved when they were taken from the Save Wild animal sanctuary near Kyiv to the Poland border, Newsweek reported.

ReutersAccording to reports, the animals were brought in by a Polish Zoo in Poznan.

“They had to go a long way around to avoid Zhytomyr and other bombardment zones. They had to turn back many times, because all the roads were blown up, full of holes, impossible to pass with such cargo, which is why it took so long,” Poznan zoo spokesperson Malgorzata Chodyla told Reuters.

Reuters reported that the truck ran into Russian tanks on the way and was unable to pass the initial attempt. The Daily MailReports indicate that they came “under fire”at one time, and later had to alter routes to avoid Russian troops and bombs.

Insider’s Talia Lakritz reported that Ukrainians are also fleeing the country alongside their pets, with photos showing owners holding their animals in metro subway stations as they attempt to leave.