A Wishaw dog lover has raised an incredible £46,000 to help dogs uprooted due to the war in Ukraine.
Carol Anne McMahon raised the incredible amount for the animals displaced by the current war by organising a 60-mile Dog Walking Challenge throughout the month of August for her employer Wild at Heart Foundation.
The Facebook Challenge saw 961 participants throughout the UK register to complete the 60-mile challenge with their dogs over the course of four weeks, while raising vital sponsorship money.
Wild at Heart Foundation, a Global Dog Welfare Charity, has historically been at the forefront of meeting the needs of stray dogs around the world, focusing on areas where the need is particularly great.
The dog walking challenge was organised to enable the charity to provide emergency veterinary aid and food to the hundreds of thousands of dogs in Ukraine who are starving, injured, lost, and frightened due to the Russian invasion of their country.
Carol Anne, who is the charity’s Head of Fundraising said: “As the owner of four dogs myself, I was very affected by the heart-breaking scenes emerging from Ukraine and knew that I had to do everything that I could to support the dogs and their owners who loved them so deeply.
“Many Ukrainians had no choice but to leave their beloved pets in a war-torn country not knowing if they would survive or to have to walk hundreds of miles with them to safety.
“It was very humbling to have almost 1,000 like-minded dog owners across the UK come forward to help, and to raise a fantastic amount that will make a real difference to Ukraine’s dogs in their hour of need.
“I am so grateful to each and every participant for making the event a huge success.”
The £46,000 raised will allow over 300 displaced Ukrainian dogs to be sterilised, vaccinated, and fed until they can be either returned to their original owners in Ukraine if and when possible, or they will be given a second chance of happiness by being adopted to new owners throughout Europe.
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