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[ Dog barking ]

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[ Explosions ]

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-People at least
they understand what's going on.

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Animals, they don't understand.

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[ Dogs yelping ]

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-The Ukraine war
has really been an eye-opener

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to many of us as to the
complexities of our obligations

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to animals in wartime.

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The entire world is seeing
the depth of animal suffering

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and on many levels -- pets,
livestock, even wild animals.

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-I spotted something moving.

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"Have a look.
There's an animal up there."

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And he was like "Kate,
it's the 7th floor, Come on,

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there's nothing
that's alive there anymore."

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So, I zoomed in
and I saw it's a cat.

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-It's undoubtedly the biggest
pet evacuation in history.

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No one's going to be left
behind, including their pets.

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[ Indistinct talking
in foreign language ]

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[ Metal door opening ]

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[ Wind whistling ]

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[ Lion roars ]

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[ Lion roars ]

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[ Lion roars ]

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[ Lion roars ]

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I've worked on many conflicts,
from Cambodia to Sierra Leone,

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to Rwanda, to Syria.

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[ Dog barks ]

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Evacuation of pets has
not really come onto my radar.

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It's not something
that I think is discussed

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until the Ukraine conflict
because I saw it happening

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and it was so obviously
part and parcel

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of people trying to save
themselves and their families.

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For me, it's undoubtedly
the biggest

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pet evacuation in history.

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In a sense, no one's going to be
left behind,

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including their pets.

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-We moved like almost 4 million,
right?

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And huge crowds,
but somehow Ukrainians

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got very self-organized.

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We are letting people
to escape for freedom.

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Of course, it wouldn't be
human to force them

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to leave their pets alone.

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So it was a decision --
kids first, women first,

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but somehow our people on
the ground were very sensible.

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They were finding the ways

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to make pets fit
into those railcars.

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One of the images
that always with me

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is this one little girl

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who carries also
a little dog with her.

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And to me, it's like
a symbol of that dedication.

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This is very human nature
and it's probably another reason

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why people from all
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connected with the Ukrainians,

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why there was such
an overwhelming support.

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[ Train whistle blows ]

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And this atmosphere that you
don't just escape for safety,

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but you also help someone
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[ Dog barking ]

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[ Barking continues ]

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-Before the war,
Patron enjoyed life

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as a normal Jack Russell
Terrier.

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-[ Speaking native language ]

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[ Dog barks ]

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-And like so many
other Ukrainians, for Patron,

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war was a call to action.

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He joined the ranks
of those protecting their nation

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from one of its
biggest threats...landmines.

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ZooPatrol was founded
on the 3rd of March --

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exactly a week after
the start of the war.

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[ Tools whirring, pounding ]

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[ Woman whispering
in foreign language ]

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The ZooPatrol volunteers
were soon making

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smaller feeding holes
by unscrewing the peepholes.

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Then they inserted a plastic
tube to deliver food and water

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to the animal trapped inside.

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[ Woman exclaiming ]

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Patron's owner, Mykhailo,

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heads up the bomb squad

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in the Ukraine city of Chernhiv.

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Every day, he and his team
scour Ukrainian land,

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clearing up the traces of war.

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They have their work cut out
for them.

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-Even before February 24th,

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Ukraine was among the list
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with a high level of
contamination by the landmines.

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And right now,
Ukraine is leading

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the world in this situation.

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-In these fields
are thousands of bombs,

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shells and grenades
waiting to explode.

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Places where farmers
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have become mine fields
that will take years to clear.

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[ Man speaking
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That's where Patron comes in.

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In Ukrainian, the word
"Patron" means "bullet."

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This is one fast dog.

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And he loves
to dig and dig and dig!

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He can easily dig all day long.

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But his
most outstanding superpower is

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his exceptional sense of smell.

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Especially in his newfound
career as a bomb-sniffing dog.

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Patron's training began
with getting accustomed

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to the sound of explosions along
with the smell of gunpowder.

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[ Explosion ]

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He passed with flying colors.

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Within a short period,

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he had traded in fetching
sticks and slippers

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for sleuthing out
explosive objects.

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Even explosives hidden
deep in the ground.

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But what sets Patron apart from
the typical bomb-sniffing dogs?

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His size.

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Patron has his own built-in
protection from landmines.

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At 4.5 kilograms, or 9 pounds,
his low weight ensures that,

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even if he were to walk over
a mine, nothing would happen.

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It takes a minimum of
5 kilograms or 10 pounds

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to trigger a landmine.

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Patron's compact frame removes

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the constant threat
of detonation.

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And, like any superhero,
he has a signature uniform.

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Performing one of the highest
risk jobs a person can do,

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Patron's bomb squad
teammates are grateful

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for the added level
of protection

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he provides against the ongoing
threat of injury and death.

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[ Radio beeps, man speaks
indistinctly ]

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[ Explosion ]

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Natalia Popova started
saving animals

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by going into the war's
hotspots.

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[ Lion growling, dog barking ]

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[ Animal roars ]

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[ Distant explosions ]

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[ Explosions continue ]

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[ Animal calling ]

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Located just outside of Kyiv,

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in the town of
Hostomel,

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is Ukraine's most
famous animal shelter.

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[ Dogs barking ]

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♪♪

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At age 77, legendary activist
Asya Serpinska

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is one of the original founders

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of the animal-rights movement
in Ukraine.

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-We're 3.5 kilometers straight
line to Hostomel airport.

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24 of February,

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the Russians attacked
this airport

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and conquered this airport

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and of course
this airport was bombarded...

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...by the Russian missiles
and artillery.

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It was hard battle
for this airport.

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[ Explosions ]

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[ Indistinct talking
in foreign language ]

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Two armies fight each other
and we,

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with our dogs and cats,
between them.

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[ Explosion ]

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[ Dog barking ]

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[ Distant explosions ]

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[ Dogs barking ]

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[ Barking continues ]

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It were more than 150 missiles
flying from one side

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to another per hour.

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Such intensive artillery
and explosions

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caused problems
for nervous system of animals

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and some of them
have been killed,

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some of them died from
heart attack or brain attack

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and another disappeared, and
they tried to save themselves.

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We put in all cages water and
at least 15 kilograms of food.

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In this case,

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we guarantee
that the dogs will alive even

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if something happen with us.

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We understood that
we must continue taking care

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of the animals every day.

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We have
absolutely opposite situation

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with another shelter
in Borodyanka.

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-Not far from Hostomel,

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a shelter in Borodyanka

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took a very different approach
to their animals

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at the onset of war.

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Before the war,
this state-run shelter was

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home to over 400 dogs.

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They were visited regularly by
a dedicated group of volunteers.

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Natalia Mazur
is the director in charge

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of several state shelters,
including the one in Borodyanka.

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[ Dogs barking ]

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It wasn't until 45 days later

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that the volunteers were finally
able to return to the shelter.

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[ Dogs barking ]

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-Of course, they have
a right to save themselves.

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Of course!

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But they have obligations and
responsibilities for animals.

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At least they must have food.

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-Across town
from the Borodyanka shelter

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is a residential area
completely destroyed

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by a Russian missile airstrike.

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♪♪

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-I was shooting in Borodyanka
with Australian journalists,

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and we came to the infamous
building in the central street.

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About the 7th floor, I guess,

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I spotted something
moving, like a tail waving

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from the 7th-floor level
and I was like,

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"Stephen, Stephen, have a look.
There's an animal up there."

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And he was like, "Kate, it's
the 7th floor. It's May 1st.

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Come on, there's nothing
that's alive there anymore."

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So I zoomed in
and I saw it's a cat.

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And I was like,
"That's a cat, Stephen."

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He's like, "No, it's --
Oh [bleep] It's a cat!"

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That was how it happened.

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If it is alive,
we need to help it,

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because you have to understand
that the whole staircase

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from that part of the building
was demolished.

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So there was no chance
for the animal to get down.

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And that's when it all started.

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And then it was all
by ZooPatrol.

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[ Beeping ]

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But at that point of time,

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the process of saving an animal
is not, like, this easy.

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[ Conversing in
foreign language ]

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That was like a real rescue
operation and to be honest,

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I'm so proud of my country
and my people.

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I came to them and said,
"Look, guys, I'm so grateful

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that having
so much disaster and misery

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around you right now
with people,

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you find time
to help animals in such cases."

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And he replied to me,

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"We don't care if it's an animal
or a human being.

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We're a rescue service
and every life matters to us."

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I mean, that was a point when
you just start crying, you know.

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-This was just the beginning
because after that

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it was a long process
of recovery.

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She was very sick, very ill.

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She was in an oxygen box
for a long time.

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She needed a lot of medications.

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-After being rescued, Dmitry
posted photos of the cat,

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asking for name suggestions.

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[ Camera shutter clicks ]

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-That was a building
that was destroyed

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and the only thing that
was holding on, on the wall

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was a little cabinet
in the kitchen and

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in Ukrainian it's called
"shafa."

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So it was a symbol
of being strong

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and not giving up
in any situation

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when everything else
is destroyed.

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And they picked that name
because in the middle

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of this destroyed building,
the cat survived.

265
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This is amazing
because this also shows

266
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that Ukrainians care
about animals.

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During the war, they
still want to rescue animals.

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[ Woman speaking
foreign language ]

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♪♪

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-Even remote wilderness areas
are paying a price for the war.

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Here in the Odessa region,

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on the shores of the Black Sea,

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Ukrainian scientists are
monitoring the effects of war

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on this endangered ecosystem.

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-There's been tremendous damage
done to aquatic species

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and the aquatic environment
itself within the Black Sea.

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People have been very dismissive
about non-human life

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and environmental damage.

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-Some are starting to call
it an ecological catastrophe.

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Teams of scientists
from all countries

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bordering the Black Sea,
including Romania,

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Bulgaria and Turkey,

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have been collecting data
and testing for causes of death.

284
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Approximately 5,000 dolphins
have been found dead

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since the war started.

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But the actual number of deaths

287
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is estimated to be
in the tens of thousands.

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Today, a team of scientists

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monitored by
a War Crimes Investigation Unit

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are looking into the cause
of high mortality rates

291
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in marine mammals.

292
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-It is alarming to know that
there's a war-crime

293
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investigation going on
in the Black Sea.

294
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It's gonna take a lot of years
to figure out

295
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how extreme the damage has been,

296
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and we need to think about
environmental crimes

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in terms of suffering,
in terms of death

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but also in terms
of all species and biospheres.

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♪♪

300
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♪♪

301
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-Well, everyone knows
about Patron. [ Laughs ]

302
00:36:12,166 --> 00:36:14,033
-Who is the famous here
right now in the country

303
00:36:14,033 --> 00:36:16,500
after the president?

304
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-From medals of honor
from Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

305
00:36:19,566 --> 00:36:23,266
meeting with British Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak,

306
00:36:23,266 --> 00:36:26,666
U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken,

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speaking with Canadian
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

308
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Patron has a lot of friends
in high places,

309
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and everyone wants a chance
to meet the most famous dog

310
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in Ukraine
and probably in the world.

311
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[ Crowd chanting "Patron" ]

312
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,166
-When I think about him,
on the media,

313
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I imagine him as a superhero.

314
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-[ Barking ]

315
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:51,200
[ Camera shutters clicking ]

316
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-Like a cartoon dog

317
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who's clearing up explosives.

318
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It is super cool to present
the real people and animals

319
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who are doing stuff
to save our lives.

320
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-Today is an important day

321
00:37:07,533 --> 00:37:11,300
because we have the first time
in the history of UNICEF,

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00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:14,666
announcing,
"Goodwill AmbassaDog."

323
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It's Patron.

324
00:37:17,966 --> 00:37:21,733
-Globally, UNICEF has given
this title to David Beckham,

325
00:37:21,733 --> 00:37:24,033
Orlando Bloom, Katy Perry,

326
00:37:24,033 --> 00:37:26,266
Hugh Jackman, Liam Neeson,

327
00:37:26,266 --> 00:37:28,000
Messi and many others.

328
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,833
And now among them
is dog Patron from Ukraine.

329
00:37:35,166 --> 00:37:37,100
-He is known
in protecting the children's

330
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lives from mine risks.

331
00:37:38,766 --> 00:37:41,200
He's our partner
in mine-risk education.

332
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,833
There are mines that make
children life threatened.

333
00:37:44,833 --> 00:37:46,000
[ Children exclaiming ]

334
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:51,266
[ Patron barking ]

335
00:37:51,266 --> 00:37:53,866
-And when Patron is coming,
their reaction is like,

336
00:37:53,866 --> 00:37:55,300
"Oh, my God! He's here!

337
00:37:55,300 --> 00:37:57,366
He will tell me something
very important."

338
00:37:57,366 --> 00:38:01,533
To me, Patron is the one
who represents all the changes

339
00:38:01,533 --> 00:38:04,000
in our mood and behavior

340
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,566
that we would like
to see in children's life.

341
00:38:07,566 --> 00:38:10,133
[ Patron barking ]

342
00:38:10,133 --> 00:38:11,833
[ Applause ]

343
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,266
-Today Natalia and her team

344
00:38:24,266 --> 00:38:26,900
are loading up an entire
truckload of rescue animals

345
00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:29,266
from various war zones
in Ukraine

346
00:38:29,266 --> 00:38:33,200
and evacuating them
to other countries.

347
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:39,533
-We are moving four adult lions,
one Himalayan bear,

348
00:38:39,533 --> 00:38:45,533
one leopard cub,
and four lion cubs.

349
00:38:45,533 --> 00:38:49,000
It is absolutely not okay
to have lions as pets.

350
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,500
It might seem okay
when they're small.

351
00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:54,200
When they're small, they're cute
and they're easy to manage.

352
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:55,833
But they get bigger.

353
00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:57,966
They are still
very dangerous animals.

354
00:38:57,966 --> 00:39:03,700
♪♪

355
00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:06,100
In order to take care
of these animals,

356
00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:10,100
you need so much land,
so much food,

357
00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:13,233
and it's -- 99% of the time,

358
00:39:13,233 --> 00:39:16,366
people who have lions or bears
or tigers

359
00:39:16,366 --> 00:39:20,066
as pets -- they are kept
in terrible conditions.

360
00:39:45,666 --> 00:39:48,833
They'll all be going to
really nice sanctuaries

361
00:39:48,833 --> 00:39:51,900
where they'll have plenty
of space, plenty of food,

362
00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:55,333
and plenty of time
to be real animals.

363
00:39:55,333 --> 00:40:02,133
♪♪

364
00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:06,200
-Shafa is so famous
because she has a grumpy face.

365
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,933
Yeah, it became like a meme.

366
00:40:07,933 --> 00:40:12,566
[ Camera shutter clicking ]

367
00:40:12,566 --> 00:40:14,666
This is so eloquent
because it tells

368
00:40:14,666 --> 00:40:20,600
how Ukrainians feel right now
because of what Russians did.

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00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:22,300
This face became

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00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:25,000
the symbol
of strength, bravery,

371
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,800
and annoyance by all
the Russians who are here.

372
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-Shafa became an influencer.

373
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:36,133
It's good If it brings up

374
00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:38,233
the topics
of caring about animals,

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of not leaving them,
not abandoning them.

376
00:40:40,666 --> 00:40:41,833
Perfect!

377
00:40:41,833 --> 00:40:46,333
♪♪

378
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:04,466
♪♪

379
00:41:08,733 --> 00:41:11,966
-Patients at Kyiv's
Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital

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are under the care
of Dr. Anastasya Markotan.

381
00:41:35,766 --> 00:41:37,600
-[ Chuckles ]

382
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,000
-[ Laughing ]

383
00:41:49,833 --> 00:41:52,666
-When we look at post-traumatic
stress disorder, PTSD,

384
00:41:52,666 --> 00:41:56,133
what we're seeing -- and this is
very much evidence-based --

385
00:41:56,133 --> 00:41:59,700
animal companionship,
particularly with dogs,

386
00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:05,833
is just this unconditional
acceptance of human beings.

387
00:42:05,833 --> 00:42:10,300
So there's almost no limits to
how much support they can give.

388
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,333
[ Man speaking
foreign language ]

389
00:42:29,166 --> 00:42:31,300
-War is a very inhumane thing.

390
00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:34,066
If you're a soldier, your basic
job is to kill another soldier.

391
00:42:34,066 --> 00:42:36,300
It dehumanizes you a lot.

392
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:44,533
And I believe
that a small dog or a cat,

393
00:42:44,533 --> 00:42:47,633
it kind of returns to you
a part of your humanity.

394
00:42:47,633 --> 00:42:50,533
It just returns to something --
a part of you

395
00:42:50,533 --> 00:42:53,733
who you used to be
before the war started.

396
00:42:53,733 --> 00:42:56,266
This is something
about this unconditional love

397
00:42:56,266 --> 00:42:57,633
that you can provide

398
00:42:57,633 --> 00:42:59,266
and they can receive back

399
00:42:59,266 --> 00:43:01,733
and pets is some kind of
a small bridge

400
00:43:01,733 --> 00:43:05,000
that connects them
to these pieces of humanity

401
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,633
that they still have in them.

402
00:43:08,133 --> 00:43:11,166
-[ Laughs ]

403
00:43:11,166 --> 00:43:12,833
[ Patron barking ]

404
00:43:12,833 --> 00:43:18,366
♪♪

405
00:43:18,366 --> 00:43:20,666
-Ukrainians just care.

406
00:43:23,633 --> 00:43:26,100
They care about our country,
about our pets,

407
00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:27,800
about our people.

408
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,133
And this is what's
important right now.

409
00:43:34,233 --> 00:43:36,500
-Today is a very special day.

410
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:39,566
It's the opening
of the ZooPatrol shelter.

411
00:43:39,566 --> 00:43:41,100
-[ Speaking foreign language ]

412
00:43:48,733 --> 00:43:50,100
[ Applause ]

413
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:53,166
-The press,
VIP guests and supporters

414
00:43:53,166 --> 00:43:56,300
are here to celebrate
this momentous event.

415
00:44:04,700 --> 00:44:07,133
-When we think
that we rescue animals,

416
00:44:07,133 --> 00:44:09,666
actually animals
sometimes rescue us.

417
00:44:18,266 --> 00:44:21,933
-I feel like Shafa built
this shelter basically,

418
00:44:21,933 --> 00:44:25,533
just because of that story,
you know, and people saw it.

419
00:44:25,533 --> 00:44:29,800
That touched people and they
said, "I want to help that cat."

420
00:44:37,366 --> 00:44:43,200
♪♪

421
00:45:58,466 --> 00:46:01,200
-What ZooPatrol does is
something new to Ukraine.

422
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:05,566
Something new about
animal-protection movement.

423
00:46:22,866 --> 00:46:25,666
[ Dogs barking ]

424
00:46:25,666 --> 00:46:35,500
♪♪

425
00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:39,966
-This belief that our moral
platform is no longer relevant

426
00:46:39,966 --> 00:46:43,666
in wartime is very dangerous.

427
00:46:43,666 --> 00:46:48,133
We have to hang on
to what our core values are.

428
00:46:48,133 --> 00:46:51,333
And what I see
in the Ukraine war

429
00:46:51,333 --> 00:46:55,100
is those core values
often include compassion

430
00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:56,933
for non-human life.

431
00:47:17,166 --> 00:47:21,466
-You can see the Ukraine lion
pride jumping head over heels,

432
00:47:21,466 --> 00:47:24,766
excited to be featured on
a live post as...

433
00:47:38,333 --> 00:47:51,866
♪♪

434
00:47:51,866 --> 00:47:56,866
-From our experience here
in AAP Spain, we saw that

435
00:47:56,866 --> 00:47:59,866
not only humans are refugees
from the war.

436
00:47:59,866 --> 00:48:03,266
Also animals are refugees too.

437
00:48:04,700 --> 00:48:08,600
During this last year, we
received 11 lions from Ukraine.

438
00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:14,533
Sometimes it's really difficult
for people to understand.

439
00:48:14,533 --> 00:48:17,400
It's like animals -- okay, yes,
they are animals --

440
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:20,300
but their minds
behave like ours

441
00:48:20,300 --> 00:48:23,200
when they have
traumatic scenarios.

442
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:34,300
♪♪

443
00:48:34,300 --> 00:48:38,300
-Okay, one, two, three. Okay?

444
00:48:38,300 --> 00:48:40,333
-His name is Bretzel.

445
00:48:40,333 --> 00:48:42,866
He is like the worst case
I've ever seen

446
00:48:42,866 --> 00:48:46,066
because he is an animal
that arrived really stressed

447
00:48:46,066 --> 00:48:48,500
and really scared
about everything.

448
00:48:48,500 --> 00:48:51,566
[ Lion growls ]

449
00:48:51,566 --> 00:48:53,433
When we saw him the first time,

450
00:48:53,433 --> 00:48:57,600
he was full of injuries
in his face.

451
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:02,433
His story is that he came from
a place that was bombed

452
00:49:02,433 --> 00:49:04,600
and he was living in,
like, a tiny cage.

453
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:08,100
So we think that he
probably tried to escape somehow

454
00:49:08,100 --> 00:49:10,700
and he hit his face really hard.

455
00:49:10,700 --> 00:49:14,000
[ Lion growls ]

456
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,733
We could see that
all the behaviors that he has

457
00:49:16,733 --> 00:49:19,400
is from a really bad situation.

458
00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:23,366
At the beginning,
he was responding really bad

459
00:49:23,366 --> 00:49:27,233
towards every movement,
every sound.

460
00:49:27,233 --> 00:49:30,633
He was pretty aggressive every
time we came closer to him.

461
00:49:30,633 --> 00:49:40,133
♪♪

462
00:49:40,133 --> 00:49:42,133
Since two months,

463
00:49:42,133 --> 00:49:47,333
three months, we could see
like a change in his behavior.

464
00:49:47,333 --> 00:49:51,800
Now, I think that
Bretzel is another lion totally.

465
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:56,066
You can see him, how he behaves,
going around his enclosure,

466
00:49:56,066 --> 00:49:57,433
watching his neighbors.

467
00:49:57,433 --> 00:50:00,500
How he behaves towards us.

468
00:50:00,500 --> 00:50:03,600
He always finds new things
in this outdoor

469
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,333
that makes him behave
like a proper lion.

470
00:50:06,333 --> 00:50:08,966
Like sniffing around
to find food,

471
00:50:08,966 --> 00:50:11,933
playing with the cardboard boxes
that we put

472
00:50:11,933 --> 00:50:16,200
and it's like the curiosity
of a feline is awake.

473
00:50:25,633 --> 00:50:29,566
♪♪

474
00:50:46,966 --> 00:50:48,700
-As the world sees

475
00:50:48,700 --> 00:50:50,800
how many Ukrainians
have put, in many cases,

476
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,700
their own lives on the line
to protect and save animals,

477
00:50:53,700 --> 00:50:56,500
it really engenders
a deeper kind of thinking

478
00:50:56,500 --> 00:51:01,833
in a lot of us as to
how much this matters.

479
00:51:01,833 --> 00:51:03,333
I think it's very moving.

480
00:51:03,333 --> 00:51:07,266
I think it won't be lost on the
younger generation or children.

481
00:51:07,266 --> 00:51:10,233
It lets us know that
we really have to think about

482
00:51:10,233 --> 00:51:13,533
how to protect animals
in the future, in wartime,

483
00:51:13,533 --> 00:51:15,733
in emergency situations.

484
00:51:27,366 --> 00:51:32,933
♪♪

485
00:52:06,233 --> 00:52:08,100
[ Dogs barking ]

486
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:20,300
[ Dogs barking ]

487
00:52:20,300 --> 00:52:22,233
-[ Laughs ]

488
00:52:22,233 --> 00:52:34,066
♪♪

489
00:52:36,066 --> 00:53:13,966
♪♪

490
00:53:13,966 --> 00:53:15,233
To learn more
about what

491
00:53:15,233 --> 00:53:16,266
you've seen
on this

492
00:53:16,266 --> 00:53:17,400
"Nature"
program,

493
00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:19,600
visit PBS.org.

494
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:28,166
♪♪