Refugees' pets on the Romanian border

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Sun., April 10, 2022

Greicy, a doberman, waits at the border crossing from Ukraine to Romania on April 7, 2022.

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Dr. Marty Becker, left, talks to Alexandra Salva on Thursday April 7, 2022 at Salva’s pet rescue in Galati, Romania near the Ukrainian border. Salva and her family started the shelter 10 years ago, when she was 14 years old. Currently they have about 300 dogs.

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Alexandra Sava, left, and Mary Becker look at a $100 bill that Becker donated to Sava's animal rescue. Sava, who lives in Galati, Romania, had never seen U.S. dollars before.

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Alex Maximilian, left, puts an electronic identification tag on Busya the cat. Busya and her owners fled from Kherson, Ukraine, and entered Romania on Thursday. They are headed to Poland.

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Yershova Oleksandra shows Whitney Waldsmith her dog's injured tooth on April 7, 2022 at the Romanian-Ukraine border. Oleksandra and her two daughters fled their home in Kherson, Ukraine two days prior. They brought with them their dog Greicy, their cat Busya and their hamster Homa. Waldsmith is a professor of veterinary sciences at the University of Minnesotta.

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Busya huddles in the backpack she traveled from Ukraine in at a veterinarian check station at the Ukraine-Romanian border on April 7, 2022.

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Yershova Oleksandra, left, hugs her father-in-law after fleeing Ukraine on April 7, 2022. Oleksandra and her two daughters fled their home in Kherson, Ukraine two days prior. They brought with them their dog Greicy, their cat Busya and their hamster Homa.

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Yershova Oleksandra, left, hugs her husband, daughter and dog after fleeing Ukraine on April 7, 2022. Oleksandra and her two daughters fled their home in Kherson, Ukraine two days prior. They brought with them their dog Greicy, their cat Busya and their hamster Homa.

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Dr. Marty Becker uses a translation application to talk to Yershova Oleksandra while her daughter Veronica watches on April 7, 2022 at the Romanian-Ukrainian border. Oleksandra and her two daughters fled their home in Kherson, Ukraine two days prior. They brought with them their dog Greicy, their cat Busya and their hamster Homa. Oleksandra met her husband Vladyslav at the border. He had been working in Poland when the war broke out.

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Busya the cat waits patiently in a backpack while passing through the Romanian border station near Galati, Romania on April 7, 2022.

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Dr. Marty Becker records a short video near the Ukrainian-Romanian border on April 7, 2022. In the background refugees unload from a barge that crossed the Danube River from Ukraine.

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Jesse Adams pets Nicki at the Ukrainian-Romanian border on Thursday. Adams is a veterinarian on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and has volunteered to help Ukrainian pets. He met Nicki, who was a stray, and decided to adopt her.

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A cat as seen on April 7, 2022 at Sava’s Safe Haven. The pet refuge is run by a family and has about 300 dogs and 20 cats. Right now 40 of those dogs are from Ukraine.

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A cat as seen on April 7, 2022 at Sava's Safe Haven. The pet refuge is run by a family and has about 300 dogs and 20 cats. Right now 40 of those dogs are from Ukraine.

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Alexandra Sava cuddles a puppy that was found by Romanian police officers near the Ukrainian border. The puppy was jokingly names ‘Zelensky.’ The dog’s twin brother was named ‘Putin.’

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A dog from Ukraine sits in its bed in a Romanian shelter on April 7, 2022. This dog is very sick, said shelter founder Alexandra Sava. The dog's owner left him there and Sava is trying to get in touch with him.

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Alexandra Sava points to a dog she rescued and subsequently rehomed in Britain. When Sava was 14 she started an animal rescue with her family in Galati, Romania near the Ukrainian border. Now she's helping refugees and their pets.

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Dr. Marty Becker holds Viktor, a dog that fled Ukraine with its owner. Once in Romania Viktor's owner decided he couldn't care for him and left him at a pet sanctuary in Galati, Romania run by a family. The shelter will either rehome Viktor or let him live there forever.

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Viktor, as seen on April 7, 2022 in a Romanian animal shelter. Viktor's owner decided he couldn't care for him and left him at a pet sanctuary in Galati, Romania run by a family. The shelter will either rehome Viktor or let him live there forever.

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A cat, originally from Ukraine, as seen in a pet sanctuary in Galati, Romania

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Adrian Sava holds a dog on April 7, 2022 in Galati, Romania. Sava and his family run a pet sanctuary and since the start of the war have been caring for refugee's pets.

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Dr. Marty Becker tosses dog treats into the air on April 7, 2022. Becker is a veterinarian who has written several books, founded a pet handling method for veterinarians. He was also on Good Morning America for many years. He traveled to the Romanian-Ukrainian border this week to help raise money for veterinarians and shelters who are helping refugees and their pets.

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Dr. Marty Becker holds a dog that came from Ukraine on April 7, 2022. Becker is a veterinarian who has written several books, founded a pet handling method for veterinarians. He was also on Good Morning America for many years. He traveled to the Romanian-Ukrainian border this week to help raise money for veterinarians and shelters who are helping refugees and their pets. He visited with Alexandra Sava, right, whose family runs an animal shelter in Galati, Romania near the Ukrainian border.

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Gabriel Salva checks a stray dog’s ear at a gas station in Romania near the Ukrainian border. Salva is a truck driver but runs a pet shelter in Galati, Romania with his family on the side. Currently they 300 dogs at the shelter, 40 of which are refugees from Ukraine.

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