Thousands of people have become involved in the massive task of getting refugees out of Ukraine and to safety in other countries. Then there are zoo animals, who are at the mercy of humans, both those who care for them and those who might drop a bomb on them. British war veteran Tim Locks and two of his friends decided to do something about those animals. Locks was already in Lviv working on humanitarian aid, and heard about a zoo only 20 kilometers from Russian forces. The most dangerous of the animals, a lion and a wolf, were still there waiting to be evacuated. Locke and his buddies ripped the insides out of a van, filled it with supplies to deliver, and drove 600 miles to the zoo. They organized some heavy equipment, including a crane, to lift the cages out of the enclosures. They packed the cages into the van, then drove another 600 miles to a zoo in Romania where the lion and wolf are now sheltered. At one checkpoint, the guard did not believe the crew's declaration of cargo until he looked straight into the lion's face. He said it looked like Aslan out of Narnia.
While this lion and wolf are safe, there are still plenty of zoo animals left in Ukraine, with few keepers to tend to their needs. You can read the full story of the lion rescue at Bored Panda.
(Image credit: Tim Locks)
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