Following PETA India’s Efforts, Many Indians Have Travelled From Ukraine to India With Their Animal Companions
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying issued a memorandum relaxing import requirements for animal companions traveling to India with their guardians from Ukraine following PETA India’s appeal, and now many Indians are sharing their stories of a safe return to India with their animals, some newly rescued.
Here are some of the stories:
Watch: Uttarakhand student returns to India from war-torn Ukraine with his pet dog
Track latest news updates here https://t.co/rjhgsv7WXc pic.twitter.com/rFOxGtTz83— Economic Times (@EconomicTimes) March 4, 2022
#Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty praised Arya in a Facebook post, saying, “Without abandoning her pet dog, Arya is on her way to India from a war-torn country. It is born out of love and the world benefits from such love.”https://t.co/7tYLHiZi3J
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) March 1, 2022
People in #Ukraine hold on to their pets amid war. Shatabdi Sharma from #India held her cat as she arrived at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, in eastern Poland.
PC: Getty Images#UkraineRussiaWar#IndiansInUkraine pic.twitter.com/Ryh3r5e7tF— Rupsa Chakraborty (@RupsaChak) March 1, 2022
Student From #Pune Studying In #Ukraine Brings Her #PetDog To India.
— Punekar News (@punekarnews) March 3, 2022
Thank you Gautam for refusing to abandon this cat. Hero for animals. ❤️️#AnimalsInUkraine #IndiansInUkraine #UkraineCrisis https://t.co/U94nNMOCrx
— PETA India (@PetaIndia) March 4, 2022
We’re grateful to this Indian student for saving the life of his friend’s dog. ❤️️#AnimalsInUkraine #IndiansInUkraine #UkraineCrises https://t.co/yhRcSzAy1W
— PETA India (@PetaIndia) March 4, 2022
We’re grateful to the Modi government – especially Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala – for this compassionate decision, which has helped prevent the additional tragedy of separating animal companions from their guardians.
We thank the Modi govt @narendramodi @PRupala @drsanjeevbalyan for the compassionate decision of relaxing import requirements for companion animals to travel with their guardians from war-hit Ukraine to India after PETA India’s appeal: https://t.co/c42L6CyHmi#IndiansInUkraine
— PETA India (@PetaIndia) March 1, 2022
We also can’t thank Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation General Vijay Kumar Singh enough for his hard work in evacuating Indian nationals and their animals to safety and helping to ensure that families (including cats and dogs) are kept together in this time of crisis.
How can I not?#TailsOfFriendship #MansBestFriend https://t.co/9NLudknVct pic.twitter.com/e9NggLgYUK
— General Vijay Kumar Singh (@Gen_VKSingh) March 4, 2022
PETA India commends the brave Indians who have refused to abandon their animal companions during these difficult times.
Please join us in thanking the government for showing the world that India is an animal-loving nation.
