Hoping the fediverse can help out: I'm in touch with a Ukranian family in #Toronto who are trying to get their cat (named Milana, in photo) from #Kraków, #Poland to Toronto this spring. They can cover some transport costs but are trying to connect with someone already making the trip. Email milana at hypatia.ca if you can help. Please boost!
@leigh Poor kitty!
Boosted.
Just another senseless tragedy when victims of Russian aggression are separated from their pets.
This was likely already considered, but is international pet shipping a backup option for the family, perhaps?
If so, and understanding the considerable expense (for a reputable service), perhaps a GoFundMe could be started?
The #Fediverse might come together to help with that...
@leigh: Are the cat's documents and vaccine status already in order?
@leigh
My friend who just arrived in Toronto might know someone. She's going to confirm and, if yes, we'll email Milana.
I learned from posting this here and on the bird site that the latter is significantly suppressing #Ukraine content. Got nearly 10x the boosts here vs RTs there, despite a 5x larger audience. Honestly pretty messed up that the bird site is suppressing this kind of humanitarian content, though not surprising given Elon’s garbage politics.
@leigh Was reminded of the news of a cat reunited with a Ukrainian refugee family in the US last year by way of Moldova, Bucharest, Athens, and Montreal.
https://www.kron4.com/flying-tails/cat-returned-to-ukrainian-refugee-family-relocated-to-bay-area/
@leigh Did you see this?
@mcr314 it definitely must suck to be such an empty shell of a human :/
@mcr314 I am always a bit amused when I remember that Elon went to Queens
@sepdroid yup, and https://gizmodo.com/twitter-musk-ukraine-crisis-open-source-code-russia-1850293386 (though the latter was just about Twitter Spaces, it turns out)
@ChrisRawlins oh that’s good to know! I’ll reach out to some connections 🙏🙏🙏