Luckily, there are people who do everything in their power to make sure that stray animals have a warm place to rest. One of them is Philip Rogich. 

The man, who lives in Ogden, Utah, has been turning other people’s garbage into small shelters for stray and feral cats. Philip recovers coolers that people throw away, and turns them into warm, dry places for cats to rest during the winter. 

My wife and I are also animal lovers and I wanted to do something for them,” said Philip. “I’ve done 77 so far and I have coolers to do 15 more.” 

An international team of conservationists, wildlife experts and local community members has already managed to float one of the 16-foot-tall giraffes to safety using a specially designed, handmade steel barge. 

However, it is now a race against time to save the other seven in what Texas-based conservation non-profit Save Giraffes Now described as a "life or death" situation. The animals belong to an endangered subspecies of the Northern giraffe known as Rothschild's (Nubian) giraffes, which number fewer than 800 in Kenya, and 2,000 on the continent as a whole. 

The giraffes were introduced to an area around Lake Baringo, western Kenya, in 2011, with conservationists hoping that the isolated location would offer them protection from poaching and allow their numbers to grow. Recently, heavy rains have caused the waters of the lake to rise steadily up to six inches a day, cutting off a piece of land where the giraffes are now trapped. 

In response, a collaboration between the Kenya Wildlife Service, Save Giraffes Now, Kenyan non-profit Northern Rangelands Trust and local members of the Ruko community have mounted a rescue effort to save the animals and transfer them to a 4,400-acre fenced sanctuary around four miles away. 

Since the newly-formed island was cut off from the surrounding land, conservationists have been keeping the giraffes alive by providing them with food, while also conducting routine health checks. In the meantime, members of the Ruko community built a special barge to rescue the animals. 

The barge consists of a rectangular steel structure floating atop a series of empty drums with reinforced sides to keep the giraffes from jumping out. 

On Wednesday, the rescue team used this special barge to save one of the giraffes, named Asiwa, who was stranded by herself on a separate part of the newly-formed island. "Thankfully the rescue is off to a fantastic start, as Asiwa was the most imperiled giraffe isolated on an island that has flooded so she had less than an acre left. The Ruko community is so happy she is now safe. Here's hoping the coming days go as well," David O'Connor, president of Save Giraffes Now, told Newsweek. 

Two more giraffes will be moved tomorrow and the team plans to rescue the rest in the coming weeks. "There is great urgency to execute this rescue," O'Connor said in a statement. 

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When they are struggling for their survival, their heroes come and bring them a second opportunity permanently. Exists anything more priceless? Not just do these pets need rescue, however lots of wild animals and also marine animals additionally await human concern as well as help. They may wind up in underground markets for hair or neighborhood markets for food. 

We can’t transform the globe however we can manage kindness in our area. Tiny acts of generosity work tremendously when many individuals take hands with each other. This is the case of Arron Culling, a kind-hearted guy from Greymouth, New Zealand. He and his colleague altered the destiny of 2 sea turtles in Papua New Guinea. 

These animals would certainly serve as a great meal unless 2 guys concern help them. As you might know, aquatic turtle fishing is still lawful in much of the globe. In Papua New Guinea, coastal neighborhoods collect turtles for their meat and also coverings. What did Arron and his pal do?

They got the freedom of those 2 beautiful turtles for fewer than 40 UNITED STATE bucks. They after that established them totally free. 

Two males drove 5km up the road as well as launched the turtles back to where they belong– the sea. These two turtles aren’t the initial turtles that the men have actually saved. They have actually acquired as well as launched concerning 10. 

Arron later on shared images of his rescue operation on social media sites. It acquired numerous sort and also shares worldwide. He hopes that these can enhance the recognition of people regarding the extreme circumstances of sea turtles. 

Six of the globe’s seven sea turtle varieties are classified as endangered or susceptible.

But despite everything, people still make their beloved pets a priority, refusing to leave them behind. Now, one animal hero is getting involved in Ukraine, doing his part to make sure no one has to give up their pets. 

Aaron Jackson, founder of the charity group Planting Peace, flew to Ukraine to provide aid to refugees. He was inspired to act after reading about Ukrainian refugees sleeping in a train station at the border between Ukraine and Poland. 

“The story moved me enough that I bought a plane ticket two hours after reading it,” he wrote on Facebook. 

Aaron immediately got to work making a difference. According to CNN, he helped one family — Donatien Tshikele Mubabinge, his wife Ngalula and their 2-year-old daughter Tushike — who had fled Ukraine amidst Russian bombing near their home, leaving everything behind. 

After seeing them sleeping on the floor with nowhere to go, Aaron paid to get the family a hotel room and helped them search for permanent housing. 

“It’s horrible why they’re leaving, but it’s inspiring at the same time — to see the human will and the human spirit and what they’re willing to do to save their own lives and the life of their child,” Aaron told CNN.

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It’s small actions like that that can make a big difference for people caught up in this crisis. And lately, Aaron has found a new calling at the border: helping refugees who are fleeing with pets. 

“Two million people have left Ukraine and the majority of those people are crossing into Poland, so housing has become an incredibly complex thing to find,” he told The Dodo. 

“It’s even more complex when you have a cat or dog, because there’s limited spaces and not every place allows animals.” Too many people have to choose between getting to safety or keeping their beloved pet, and are even told to leave their dogs and cats behind so they can cross the border. 

But Aaron and other volunteers at the border are helping refugees with pets, providing shelter for the animals until their owners can find housing. 

“It’s really heartwarming to see families not give up on their pets,” Planting Peace wrote on Facebook, sharing a photo of a young refugee girl bundled up with her dog at the border. 

The charity has been working to secure pet-friendly housing for refugees, while also donating food and supplies to pets in need. 

“Literally went into a pet store today and bought all their dog food and cat food for refugee pets on the border,” one Facebook post reads. 

The refugees are grateful and eager for their help. As soon as Aaron mentioned that he had had “housing for any refugee that has a dog without housing,” a family from Ukraine immediately walked over to him and handed over their dog to the rescue. 

“They don’t have any housing and they didn’t want to be homeless with their dog,” Aaron wrote. “Planting Peace put this wonderful family and happy little puppy into dog friendly housing. Now they don’t have to forfeit over their dog.”

The crisis in Ukraine is ongoing and more and more refugees show up at the border every day, many with their pets, but Aaron is committed to providing aid to them as long as it takes. 

With everything the Ukrainian people have gone through in recent weeks, no one should have to give up their pet, too. 

“You have these families who have traveled 100 miles, 200 miles, to get to the border and they’ve walked 50 of those miles with a dog on their back,” Aaron told The Dodo. “So if a person is willing to do that for their dog, I’m definitely not going to be the one to tell them, ‘

You gotta get rid of your dog to find housing.’ “I’m going to try to do anything in my power to get them into housing with their pet — especially since they’ve already given up so much already.” 

 Our hearts continue to go out to the people of Ukraine. Thank you to everyone who has been helping these refugees — and their pets — during this ongoing crisis.
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