Supporting a Feral Dog Colony in Dnipro

Last week, our partners in Dnipro were on a mission to spay a colony of feral street dogs.

These are the dogs who are often the hardest to help. They are extremely difficult to catch, and many of them will never be able to live with people as family pets. Because of that, they are often overlooked. But they still deserve care, safety, and a life with less suffering.

Spaying and vaccinating dogs like these is one of the most important long-term ways to help homeless dogs. It prevents more puppies from being born into life on the street, helps keep the colony healthier, and protects both the dogs and the surrounding community. Every dog in this colony will also receive a rabies vaccine.

This work is not easy. It takes time, patience, experience, and a lot of determination. But it matters deeply, and we are so proud to support it.

Sochi Dogs is funding all of the spay surgeries and vaccinations for these dogs, and we are grateful to our Dnipro team who continue doing this incredibly hard and important work on the ground.

If you’d like to join this project and help us be part of the solution, you can support our Ukraine Fund at this link: Help Dogs in Ukraine

It’s been a busy, busy few days at the Dnipro Shelter in Ukraine!

With the ground defrosting and spring on the way, the team, with help from Sochi Dogs, is building a new fence. The shelter desperately needs more enclosed areas, as many dogs have recently come in from frontline villages and some of the enclosures are already overcrowded. This new fenced area will give current residents a bit more room and help make space for new rescues still waiting for safety.

A huge thank you to the building crew and our incredible community who make this work possible!

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Rescue Under Fire: Saving Dogs and Cats from Pokrovsk

If you’ve been following our work, you know we’ve been working closely with the Dnipro team to rescue dogs from the village of Pokrovsk.

Once a lively village, Pokrovsk now has only a handful of residents left—most of them elderly people with nowhere else to go. Many pets have been abandoned, left to fend for themselves.

For the latest rescue mission, we rented a large van and filled it with food to leave behind, along with crates to bring dogs and cats to safety. During the operation, a powerful blast nearby sent a shockwave that ripped one of the van’s doors completely off.

The team left all the food behind and was able to bring back 12 dogs and cats in the damaged van. While it may not seem like a lot, every rescue makes a difference, and every life counts!

When it’s safe, we'll continue the rescue mission. A huge thank you to everyone who has made this work possible! We truly couldn’t do this without you.

If you want to join the rescue operation, donate! sochidogs.org/ukraine

See previous updates from this rescue mission in our blogs.

Pokrovsk Rescue Update

Weekend Pokrovsk Rescue Update — The Dnipro team joined local rescuer, Yaroslav, to feed the homeless dogs and evaluate the situation in the now abandoned village.

It was a long and extremely difficult day. They unloaded a car full of kibble and brought back as many dogs and cats as they could. After surviving so long on their own near the front lines, it’s understandable that some of them were fearful. But now they are safe. Everyone is undergoing vet exams, getting spayed, vaccinated, and enjoying three full meals a day at the Dnipro shelter before they get moved to

The need is ENORMOUS, and we’re planning another rescue mission this time with more food and a bigger truck. More soon!

If you want to help the rescue efforts, donate to our Ukraine Fund: sochidogs.org/ukraine

See the recent update from this rescue mission here