Feldman Ecopark has launched an official partnership with Future for Ukraine Inc. (FFU USA), a U.S.-based charitable organization, to mobilize support across the United States and help provide food and essential care for the Ecopark’s 4,500 animal residents.

Under the signed Memorandum of Understanding, Future for Ukraine Inc. will serve as Feldman Ecopark’s official fundraising partner in the United States. The foundation will raise charitable contributions from individuals, companies, foundations, and partner organizations and direct the funds toward the Ecopark’s agreed-upon needs.

Future for Ukraine Inc. is a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Through this partnership, American donors have a clear and reliable way to support Feldman Ecopark through an officially registered U.S. charitable organization.

A Rescue Story That Moved the World

Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, Feldman Ecopark was home to approximately 5,000 animals representing 300 species and welcomed millions of visitors each year.

In 2022, the Ecopark, located only 25 kilometers from the Ukraine–Russia border, found itself directly in the line of fire. For more than six months, its territory was subjected to continuous attacks. Nearly all its animal enclosures, rehabilitation centers, and other infrastructure were destroyed.

Approximately 300 animals were killed, including lions and other predators, orangutans, chimpanzees, kangaroos, hoofed animals, and birds. Six Ecopark employees and volunteers were killed while helping rescue the animals, and many others were injured.

Between March and May 2022, the Feldman Ecopark team and volunteers evacuated nearly 5,000 animals while the area remained under attack. It became one of the largest animal rescue operations carried out under wartime conditions.

The gradual restoration of Feldman Ecopark began at the end of 2022. After parts of the territory were cleared of mines, the team started rebuilding animal enclosures, bringing evacuated animals home, and restoring the Ecopark’s social and rehabilitation programs.

Today, approximately 4,500 animals live at Feldman Ecopark. Every day, they require nutritious food, veterinary care, safe living conditions, and the dedicated work of animal care professionals.

At the same time, the Ecopark continues to rescue and care for animals affected by the war, including those injured by attacks and fires, as well as animals left without owners.

Life Continues

Despite the devastating losses, new life is once again emerging at Feldman Ecopark. In 2026, the Ecopark welcomed fawns, roe deer, fallow deer, lambs, goat kids, foals, young primates, and other newborn animals.

One especially meaningful arrival was Damir, a white Bengal tiger cub born to Abat and Alba on March 5, 2026. Today, Damir is growing quickly, playing, and eagerly exploring the world around him.

For the Ecopark’s team, his birth became a powerful symbol of life continuing after destruction. But every new life also brings lasting responsibility. Like thousands of other animals at the Ecopark, Damir needs nutritious food, veterinary care, warmth, and a safe environment.

Help Feed 4,500 Animals

The first joint initiative of Feldman Ecopark and Future for Ukraine USA is a campaign to raise $350,000.

The campaign aims to provide food for the Ecopark’s 4,500 animal residents and build the supplies needed to carry them safely through the winter.

Donations are accepted by Future for Ukraine Inc. The campaign is available through two platforms: publicly through Givebutter and through Benevity for employees of companies participating in workplace giving and donation-matching programs.

The stated goal of $350,000 is the combined target of the entire campaign, not a separate fundraising goal for each platform.

All funds received by Future for Ukraine Inc. through this campaign will be directed toward Feldman Ecopark’s agreed-upon needs in accordance with the partnership memorandum. If the total amount raised exceeds $350,000, all additional funds will also be directed toward food, veterinary care, and essential support for the animals at Feldman Ecopark.

Your Support Helps Sustain Life

Every contribution, regardless of its size, helps provide food and essential care for 4,500 animals — from Damir, the young white Bengal tiger cub, to the adult animals that survived attacks, evacuation, and the difficult journey home.

Together, we can help Feldman Ecopark make it through another challenging winter and continue rebuilding.

Support the campaign on Givebutter:

Help Provide Food for 4,500 Animals at Feldman Ecopark

Employees of companies participating in Benevity can find the campaign using the following details:

Organization: Future for Ukraine Inc.
Project: Winter Lifeline for Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv
Benevity Project ID: 741077

Help protect a place where life is returning after devastation.

Ukrposhta and KSE Foundation are providing UAH 1 million to Feldman Ecopark for animal feed and the development of rehabilitation projects! We are truly grateful to have such friends and partners who share our values, and we sincerely thank Ukrposhta and the Foundation for their support and understanding. This UAH 1 million is the result of thousands of small contributions. It was raised through the sale of charitable postage stamp issues.

Like Feldman Ecopark, Ukrposhta’s facilities have been damaged during Russia’s attacks on Kharkiv. We are united not only by our love for animals and commitment to social responsibility, but also by the spirit of mutual support that the people of Kharkiv and all Ukrainians have maintained since the start of the full-scale invasion.

This support will help provide food for the animals of Feldman Ecopark throughout the summer season and contribute to the implementation of rehabilitation programs that are important for our country.

With these funds, over the next three months, we expect to:

• provide food for up to 2,000 animals;
• deliver urgent veterinary care to 50 animals rescued by the Animal Rescue Center «Good Home of Feldman Ecopark»;
• engage more than 5,000 Ukrainians in psychological relief sessions;
• provide 620 people with a full course of psychosocial rehabilitation.

This is incredibly important support during these challenging times, and we are deeply grateful to Ukrposhta, KSE Foundation, and our partners.

Stay with us — together, we can do more!

The film Checkpoint Zoo, about Feldman Ecopark, is being released in U.S. theaters, Ecopark founder Oleksandr Feldman has announced.

“Friends, I am honored to present to you the official trailer of Checkpoint Zoo, a film about rescuing the animals of our Ecopark during that terrible spring of 2022. The wonderful director Joshua Zeman, who took the risk of coming to us three years ago, and the star producer Leonardo DiCaprio. The result is a very profound and vivid film that reveals to audiences around the world one of the aspects of the war in Ukraine, reminding them that both people and animals in our country have suffered and continue to suffer,” said Oleksandr Feldman.

According to him, since the beginning of the year Checkpoint Zoo has been screened at top international film festivals, earning 13 of the most prestigious awards. Starting on August 15, the film will be shown in U.S. cinemas. “This is especially important now in light of recent geopolitical events and the tremendous value of ensuring that public opinion in America remains firmly on Ukraine’s side. After its run in the U.S., we eagerly await this very important film being shown in theaters in our own country,” Feldman emphasized.

The projects «Ukraine Sees with the Heart» and «Ukraine Hears with the Heart» were developed by specialists from the Ecopark’s Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation to achieve the greatest possible therapeutic effect for these groups of Ukrainians — people for whom navigating the world, especially during wartime, is significantly more difficult.

Animal-assisted therapy, involving direct tactile interaction with animals from the contact group, plays an important role within the framework of psychotherapeutic sessions. According to the program’s authors, such interaction not only lifts the mood and enhances perception of the surrounding world, but also has an overall positive effect on psychological well-being — helping with adaptation and reducing fear of the unknown.

The Feldman Ecopark Center for Psychosocial Rehabilitation has existed since 2013, and from the very beginning, working with people with visual and hearing impairments has been among its priority areas. For many years, rehabilitation sessions at the Ecopark have been attended by patients from specialized boarding institutions for children and adults with such impairments — and they have consistently noted the positive impact of these sessions.

The recently resumed sessions within the projects «Ukraine Sees with the Heart» and «Ukraine Hears with the Heart» have sparked considerable interest among both adults and children with visual and hearing impairments. As a result, Feldman Ecopark is seeking support from Ukrainian and international partners to scale up these initiatives and expand the opportunities to involve as many participants as possible.

White tiger cubs Dexter and Dakota were born in Feldman Ecopark this spring. So now they are not quite babies anymore — the tiger cubs are growing and getting stronger right before our eyes. Friendly and playful, they’ve already become true internet stars.

Dexter and Dakota faced serious trials in the first weeks of their lives — their own mother suddenly abandoned her children. Thankfully, the Ecopark staff stepped in to raise the cubs — and they weren’t alone. A wonderful helper joined the mission: a dog named Chili adopted the little tigers as her own. She takes constant care of them, protects, and accompanies them on every walk. Surrounded by love and attention, the cubs are healthy, happy, and thriving.

White tigers are incredibly rare animals. According to scientists, tiger cubs with white fur are born in nature in only one out of 10,000 cases. So far, we know only about white tigers kept in zoos. There are about 130 of them (most of them are in India) and all of them are descendants of one single white tiger caught in 1951. In Feldman Ecopark, the white tigress Alba gave birth to such cubs several times.

Today, Christmas Eve, I congratulate our foreign friends and partners on this bright holiday.
Thanks to each of you for the help that cannot be overestimated at a difficult time for us.
I sincerely appreciate your support and cooperation.
Merry Christmas, dear friends! Peace, goodness and well-being to you and your loved ones.

Preparation for the restoration of the Ecopark is in full swing! Where it is already safe, the area is being cleaned up, buildings that cannot be restored are being dismantled. It is a pity that the modern buildings that we were proud of were destroyed — the premises of the Children’s Academy, the enclosures of great apes and many others. Also, a serious problem is that a large number of trees are seriously cut by shrapnel. It’s hard to watch the Ecopark like this… But we do not lose optimism. The reconstruction plan will be ready soon. After the completion of mine clearance (it will take several weeks), dismantling and construction works will be carried out at all the affected facilities. We will work all winter and invite volunteers, all those who are not indifferent to join us.

Dear friends!

A special Feldman Ecopark Recovery Fund has been created. Right now, when the country is heroically fighting the consequences of enemy strikes, when Ukraine is returning to light, heat and water with the help of power engineers, rescuers and public utilities. At this incredibly difficult time, we are taking a decisive step towards restoring the park. We are not afraid of anyone and we know for sure that victory is on our side. Because we will never give up.

I sincerely grateful to everyone who responded to a message about the restoration of the park. Thank you for the kind words of support that we receive from all over Ukraine and the world. Thank you for the invaluable financial assistance that goes to the Recovery Fund. All funds are exclusively targeted and go to the maintenance of our migrant animals, to critically necessary activities related to demining, clearing, and providing safe conditions for starting construction on the territory of the Ecopark.

Today, in a difficult wartime, when there is a lot of pain around, humanity, kindness and willingness to help and support are the most valuable qualities. These qualities make us human — unconquered and free. Evil is always dependent and cowardly .

We have always known that we have many friends. Thank you everyone.

We will definitely restore our Ecopark! Together! Destroyed, wounded today’s Ecopark will be literally revived from the ashes. Because it was and remains the territory of love. To people, to animals, to nature — to everything that is priceless, that gives strength to live, believe and win. Ecopark is a real people’s park. Entrance to it after the restoration will forever remain free.

The works of Ukrainian artists which were presented at our Unconquered Art charity auction already decorate houses in many countries of the world. USA, Canada, Poland, Israel, Austria, and even distant Ecuador. And this is an incomplete list of countries where people responded with a sincere desire to help our Armed Forces, the children of war, and the revival of the Feldman Ecopark destroyed as a result of Russian aggression by taking part in the auction.
For everyone who purchased the paintings put up for auction, these are not just lots, they are a manifestation of solidarity, humanity, and caring. This is the choice of values, and therefore it is priceless.
The wonderful Kharkiv Lilac is now in Germany. The beautiful work was purchased by Claudia Schumacher. Thank you, Claudia! Let our Ukrainian Lilac become a talisman of your home!
Thanks to all participants! The auction continues! Thanks to the artists who have joined it and are willing to donate their work. We are together. With the world, with the country, with our city, which is ruthlessly subjected to enemy attacks every day. We will stand together! We will win together! Let’s rebuild our cities together!
The paintings put up for auction can be viewed here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/neskorene_mistetstvo/

If someone have bought the painting you liked earlier, don’t worry: we added new interesting works by leading Ukrainian artists to the list of lots. The goals of fundraising remain unchanged: assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, treatment of Kharkiv children who suffered because of the war, as well as restoration of the Feldman Ecopark destroyed by the aggressor. Intermediate results: how many paintings have already been sold and funds raised, as well as on what specific needs they have been spent, will be published a little later.

New and old paintings put up for the Unconquered Art auction can be found here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/neskorene_mistetstvo/

Join our campaign: in this way you will not only help to solve important current problems of our country, but also receive a unique work of art from the collection of the Oleksander Feldman Foundation ICF as a keepsake!

Shells were hitting very close to the camel enclosures, the animals were very scared, dehydrated, and many of them were injured. To take out frightened large animals from dangerous territory is a very difficult task, and when shelling begins during the evacuation, the difficulty is multiplied tenfold. But our rescue team coped with it perfectly well, neither people nor animals were harmed that time.
We are deeply grateful to both the rescuers and the employees of Ukrainian zoos, who accepted our animals and surrounded them with care. Thanks to their professionalism and the warmth of their hearts, the camels have changed. Today they are completely calm, and recovered from stress, injuries and illnesses. And they are provided with everything necessary.
No one was prepared for the fact that the war would come to Feldman Ecopark on the very first day of the invasion and destroy everything that had been created for 10 years. But thanks to the huge support that we received when we got into trouble, we managed the main thing — to save the animals. And after the Victory, we will definitely restore our Ecopark and make it even better!

The drone, which we bought with funds raised within the Unconquered Art auction-exhibition, is successfully working on the front line and helping our soldiers. Recall that we handed it over to a unit of the National Guard of Ukraine, performing a combat mission in the Kharkiv region.
This is only the first result of the auction, we can do and are already doing much more! Thanks to everyone who joined us. The action continues, and everyone can make a contribution to support the defenders of Ukraine, as well as to help sick children and contribute to the beginning of the restoration of the Feldman Ecopark, destroyed by the aggressor, by getting the work of one of the famous Ukrainian artists. You can view the paintings participating in the auction, as well as book and buy the ones you like on the Ecopark website:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/products/trostyanets-krayevid-z-vezheyu/

It’s good to know that the huge efforts that we made during the three spring months, the huge risk that our employees and volunteers took to save the animals — all this was not in vain. Looking at these grown and strong jaguars, who are no longer hiding, when hearing loud sounds, watching them being sweet and playful, it feels clear that an unprecedented operation to evacuate thousands of animals from shelling could not fail to take place. Because the life of every living being is the main value. This is what makes us human.
Can you help these little ones and our other animals? Details here: https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

Quite a lot of time has passed since all of them were taken out from under shelling. Animals, such as these capuchins, have already fully adapted to their temporary home, calmed down, their good mood and appetite returned. Those who needed it got rehabilitation procedures. Of course, there are certain difficulties in order to create the best possible conditions for all Ecopark animals transferred to different parts of Ukraine, to provide them with high-quality food and care. But we have not abandoned and will not abandon anyone, and we are doing our best to make them feel good.
Can you help our animals? Details are here: https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

Animals taken out from under shelling to the Poltava region have already completely recovered from stress and have settled in a new place. Our llamas have returned to normal life: they are already completely calm, they pinch grass with pleasure, communicate with people with interest again, give birth and raise babies. Life goes on and runs its course. Peace will definitely come to our land, our animals will return home and will again delight Kharkiv residents and numerous guests.
If you can help them get through the hard times, the details are here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

Purchase, packing, transportation, distribution. And so day after day, month after month, tons of products, thousands of packages. But it does not turn into a routine and does not get «boring». Because every day people are waiting for us, and in their eyes, in their emotions, we see that this help is needed. It is clear that while the war is going on, as long as the front line is close enough to Kharkiv, and it continues to be shelled, the humanitarian situation in the city will not be able to normalize. Therefore, we cannot allow ourselves to get tired, frustrated, discouraged, or change priorities. We believe in ourselves, we believe in our people, we believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and in our Victory!

The wave of inquiries from the media about the amount of humanitarian aid that we distributed has resumed again. Written and oral requests which boil down to two questions: how much humanitarian aid was distributed and how much was spent on it? There are also those who ask: «And is this more than that of…» and then there are names and surnames. There are other, in my opinion, dubious approaches: «We rank humanitarian aid…» Or — «And how do you fight with those who receive your packages several times during one distribution?»

Friends, I’ll answer all at once. First, I am a categorical opponent of ranking humanitarian aid. In terms of quantity, and even more so in terms of quality. Moreover, there are not and cannot be «first» and «last» among those who consider it necessary to support people in wartime. Don’t turn it into a competition and don’t make «tournament tables» with leaders and outsiders. Humanitarian aid is not only about how many food packages were distributed and how much each of them costs. This includes assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, medical institutions, rescue of animals and ensuring their maintenance in safe places. Yes, it takes quite a lot of money. I will answer to all of those who especially persistently want to calculate the amount of “humanitarian food aid”: we distributed about 540 thousand food packages and provided about 30 thousand hot meals.

Secondly, I do not look into other humanitarian aid packages — we form our own packages, the contents of which we are not ashamed of.

Thirdly, we do not «fight» with people who receive packages several times. Let’s not stoop to cynicism. When there is a war that has touched everyone, the word «struggle» has the most direct meaning. And certainly, this «fight» should not be with people who came for humanitarian aid.

Today is generally the time of direct meanings of words. And humanitarian aid is directly related to humanity, that is, to humanity in relation to people.

With the first funds raised at the auction, the Oleksandr Feldman Foundation ICF purchased a drone for one of the units of the National Guard of Ukraine fighting on the front line in the Kharkiv region. The drone has already been delivered to the front and is helping our guys fight the enemy. In the future, with the help of the auction, we will continue to help our defenders, and the funds will also go to the treatment of Kharkiv children and to restore the Feldman Ecopark destroyed by the aggressor. You can get acquainted with the paintings that are up for auction and choose your favorite here: https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/products/trostyanets-krayevid-z-vezheyu/

Despite all the difficulties, Feldman Ecopark continues to live! Yes, its territory lies in ruins, and the animals have dispersed to different parts of Ukraine, but this only encourages us to work even more actively. We are building temporary enclosures for our animals, providing them with food and care, and we are already thinking about how we will rebuild our Ecopark to make it even better and more convenient for the animals when they return home after the war, and for our visitors.
All this would not have been possible without the help of our many partners and friends: those who sheltered our animals, who help us with food and veterinary preparations, and also provide us with financial assistance. We gratefully publish the list of people who have helped us over the past week on the official website of Feldman Ecopark. Many thanks to everyone who supports us, together we will overcome all problems and hardships!

You can go to our website https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/products/mojsej-shho-spit/, choose your favorite painting, transfer funds, and we will deliver it to you. By doing this, you will help us take first steps to restore the Feldman Ecopark, which was destroyed by the invaders. It is still in the danger zone, but we are already thinking about what it will become after the Victory. Also, part of the proceeds from the auction will be used to finance the important needs of today — the treatment of Kharkiv children and assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We believe that art can really save and unite people for good deeds!

Our animals are recovering after being rescued from under shelling and moving to temporary shelters. Thanks to the help of our friends and partners, a new comfortable enclosure near Poltava was built for two moose evacuated from the Ecopark; they have already settled in and feel fine. They have already been rescued twice: first from the fires in the Chernobyl zone, then from the Russian aggression in the Kharkiv region, where their friend Varya, the moose cow, died at the hands of the invaders. These animals deserve a better fate, and we sincerely hope that in the future they will have a calm and peaceful life in a peaceful, strong and stable Ukraine!
Do you want to help our animals?
Find details here: https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

Our Unconquered Art exhibition-auction, organized in Kharkiv for the first time since the beginning of the war, has opened! And not just opened, but has already shown the first results. 14 paintings were sold, the buyers are patrons not only from Ukraine, but also from Germany, USA, Israel. Many thanks to the people who extended a helping hand to Kharkiv in this difficult time and do good together with us! All proceeds will be directed to charitable purposes — to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to help sick children, and to restore Feldman Ecopark.
Also, many thanks to everyone who supported our exhibition-auction: the Chairman of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Sinegubov, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov, Chief Rabbi of Kharkiv and the region Moshe Moskovitz, philanthropist Yuri Sapronov, and many others. We invite everyone who has a passion for art, and for whom charity and helping people are not mere words, to visit our exhibition at the AVEC Gallery on Sumskayay St., 70.
You can check the paintings presented at the exhibition-auction online and book your favorite work here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/products/mojsej-shho-spit/

You can participate in our Unconquered Art auction online! For residents of other regions, as well as Kharkiv residents who are now forced to be far from home, we have created an electronic catalog of the paintings presented. You can buy the painting you like, and we will deliver it to you. One of the lots in the pre-sale of the auction has already been booked. We recall that the funds raised during the auction will be used to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, help sick children who are treated in Kharkiv hospitals, as well as to restore the Feldman Ecopark which was destroyed by enemy shelling.
We invite everyone who is now in Kharkiv to the opening of our exhibition-auction in the AVEC gallery (Sumskaya St., 70) tomorrow, on June 1st, opening at 11:00. The gallery premises were badly damaged through the bombing of the center of Kharkiv, but the enemies will not be able to conquer either our city, or our country, or our love for freedom and art. Come, and let’s prove it together!

https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/products/mojsej-shho-spit/

Destroyed by the aggressor Ecopark is now empty, its animals are separated, and moved to different regions of Ukraine. But that does not mean we stopped taking care of them: our employees and volunteers do everything possible in order to equip convenient enclosures for them, provide them with food, veterinary aid and everything they need. In particular, our alpaca, lamas, rams: those for whom grooming is a mandatory process, were transferred to a summer «form of clothing». Could you help us to take care of animals which we managed to save from the shelling?

Details are here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

The war has been going on for more than three months now. Of course, people are tired. The incessant shelling of Kharkiv, anxiety for oneself and for loved ones, for how to feed children and the elderly. We constantly see this fatigue and anxiety on the faces of our countrymen. It’s hard for them. But Kharkiv residents hold on, fight, don’t give up, and help each other. Our people cannot be defeated!

Ecopark is now completely empty, but shelling of the territory does not stop. Every day brings new strikes, new traces of the war. The first thing we will do after the situation becomes calm is a thorough demining of the entire territory. Only after that, it will be possible to start work on the restoration of the Ecopark. The war will definitely end and Kharkov will return to a full peaceful life, so we are already thinking about what the revived Feldman Ecopark will be like.

At the Unconquered Art exhibition-auction, which will open in our AVEC gallery on June 1st, many interesting works by leading domestic artists will be presented. These are a series of female portraits of Viktor Chaus, easel painting by the master of Petrykivka painting Tamara Vakulenko, landscapes by Karl Tanpeter, Igor Stakhanov, Viktor Vikhtinsky and Oleg Lazorenko, works from the Labyrinths series by masters of applied art Maria Osadchaya and Anna Pavlyukevich-Chernetskaya, one of the most famous works of Alexandr Reznichenko — Sleeping Moses, and other works.
We recall that everyone can buy the paintings, and funds from their sale will be used to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, help sick children who are treated in Kharkiv hospitals, as well as to restore the Feldman Ecopark, destroyed by enemy shelling.

We believe in our Victory, we believe in humanism and do not wait for the end of the war to move forward and restore what has been lost. Our goal is to continue to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to help children who are being treated in Kharkiv hospitals, and to begin the restoration of Feldman Ecopark, which was bombed during the enemy attack on Kharkiv. All the funds collected during the exhibition-auction Unconquered Art will be directed to these three goals.

The opening of the exhibition-auction is next Wednesday, June 1, in the AVEC gallery on Sumska 70. This building was badly damaged by enemy shelling, and this format of the exhibition is also a symbol of our unconquerness, faith in Victory and in the revival of our native land.

Oleksandr Feldman: «Even in our worst dreams, we could not imagine that war would come into our lives. All our pre-war problems, sorrows and disappointments today seem small and insignificant. We have rethought a lot of things, “rebooted ourselves” in terms of values. And most importantly, we managed to preserve the human in ourselves, sometimes in inhuman conditions. We remained human despite bitter losses and casualties.
I am one of many who have lost almost everything that has been created over the years, what I was proud of, what I put my soul into. Significantly damaged by enemy fire Shopping center Barabashovo, the destroyed office of the AVEC Concern, destroyed Ecopark. I am 62 years old, a significant part of my life has been lived, and l have to start everything from scratch. Despite all the difficulties, our huge loans and obligations, all force majeure circumstances. We don’t need to look for any excuses for ourselves, we need to find the strength in ourselves every day to think about what we can do today. I put up for sale all my collections, which I collected for decades. I am parting with them with sadness, but without regret. Because today everything should work for victory, support and revival.
Pain, suffering, sometimes despair. No one should be ashamed of tears during the war. This is not a sign of weakness. Because the strong is not the one who does not cry, but the one who smiles through tears. I saw the smiles of Kharkiv residents who were forced to live in the subway, because their apartments were completely destroyed. They found the strength to support each other, to help strangers.
There are those who have lost faith and hope, who are depressed and come in complete despondency. I want to appeal to all those who have “lost the spirit”. Friends, our main strength is faith. Faith in our army, in those who today start the battle in the fields for our future harvest, in our communal services, who, despite everything, ensure the vital activity of our cities, in each of our volunteers, in each of our doctors and teachers who remain true to their profession. These are strong-willed people who believe in themselves and in their strength. Our victory, our rebirth, our future depends on the strength of our spirit. We can do anything, and we can do it all.»

The fact that the front line has now moved away from our city may reduce attention to the problems of Kharkiv residents, but they still need such help: for various reasons, thousands of people were left without sources of a livelihood. We see this every day, so we are not going to curtail activity and urge others not to do this. Peaceful life in Kharkiv will definitely stabilize, but so far this is still far away and people are in dire need of help.

The animals of Feldman Ecopark are moving away from the horrors they have experienced under shelling and getting used to their temporary shelters. The ring-tailed lemurs, which were frightened and huddled together, are now quite relaxed, have a good appetite and take care of the offspring that were born after the evacuation. These cubs were born in wartime and have a difficult fate, but they have the main thing — the care of their parents and the help of our colleagues who sheltered the animals. We believe that not too much time will pass, and they will be able to return to the newly rebuilt, and definitely safe Ecopark in peaceful Kharkiv!
You can donate to help our animals and restore the Ecopark here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

People ask me how much humanitarian aid we have already distributed to Kharkiv residents since the beginning of the war. I think this question is simply unethical. This should not turn into some kind of competition: who, how much, what, in tons, trucks, etc. There are people who actively help Kharkiv and the residents of the city. And they do not use it to promote themselves. We have been purchasing and are purchasing products in hundreds of tons, the essential products. But it is cynical to measure aid in wartime solely in quantitative terms and meanly try to convert it into something and to wait for some kind of recognition or gratitude.

The AVEC Gallery, the premises of which were partially destroyed during the March bombardments of Kharkov, will open its doors to visitors for the first time since the beginning of the war. On June 1st, Children’s Day, a charity exhibition-auction Unconquered Art will open there.
The exposition will feature works by Ukrainian artists of various trends and schools, which anyone will have an opportunity to purchase. All funds received from the auction will be used to support children who are being treated in Kharkiv hospitals (including those affected by the war), help the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as to restore the Feldman Ecopark destroyed by Russian invaders.
“In past years, we held several charity auctions under the slogan “Art saves”. Today, this slogan is more relevant than ever — with its help we will save children, save Ukrainian soldiers, revive our Ecopark, animals of which have been taken to different parts of Ukraine. The auction will feature 25 paintings from my personal collection and from the collection of the International Charitable Foundation Oleksandr Feldman Foundation in honor of the 25th anniversary of our foundation, among them there are paintings that have suffered from the bombing. The enemy is destroying paintings, destroying galleries and parks, but he won’t be able to defeat us anyway. We are united and strong, and we will restore everything that was destroyed,” said the initiator of the auction, People’s Deputy of Ukraine Oleksandr Feldman.
Entrance to the exhibition-auction Unconquered Art in the Gallery «AVEK» (Kharkiv, Sumskaya St., 70) is free.

Both in the private sector and high-rise buildings in Kharkiv, there are now many people who really need help. “Grandmother is 80 years old, the other is 94 years old, they cannot go to the store themselves”, we hear such stories all the time. Foremost, for people like that we continue to implement our Help Your Neighbor program, and every day we distribute sets of products in different districts of Kharkov. And we will do it for as long as it is necessary.

Our capybaras, like the rest of the Feldman Ecopark animals, now live as guests — they were hospitably sheltered in the Kovalivka Ecopark near Poltava. They have already fully adapted to the new place and feel good. We are deeply grateful to our colleagues who take care of our animals, but we try to help them as much as possible — build aviaries, provide pets with food, veterinary drugs, etc. In conditions of war, we can cope with the problems that have arisen only by uniting the efforts of all those who are not indifferent. If you can help with providing everything necessary for our animals, which are now scattered all over Ukraine, the details are here:

https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

We continue to provide Kharkiv residents with the necessary products as part of our Help Your Neighbor program. As you can see in this and many other previously published videos of ours, everywhere in each of the districts of Kharkiv where we come, we are met by many people. Thanks to the successes of our army, Kharkiv is now less exposed to shelling, but it is still very far from the establishment of a normal life. Public transport in the city is paralyzed, it is difficult for many people to get to grocery stores. They need help and support, so we will continue our work and invite all charitable organizations that have the opportunity to deliver food to Kharkiv to join us. Together we can do more!

Those who stay all these two and a half months in Kharkov, who did not leave and bear all the hardships of the war, are mostly people who are bound to their homes and their district. Older people, people with special needs, those who ensure the life of the city under shelling — they clean, repair, make sure that there are light and water in the houses of Kharkiv residents. For some of them there is no way, and some have no time to provide themselves and their loved ones with the most necessary things — first of all, food. Therefore, day after day we continue to come to these people. Together we will overcome all difficulties and wait for Victory and peace!

Our reindeers were rescued from shelling and moved to a safe area a little over 10 days ago, and they are still recovering. They are not to be envied — at such a young age they have already been through so much. But they will definitely get better, time and care heal wounds. Everyone wants peace, and animals too. A little more time will pass, and we will again think about the population increase program for these rare animals, and not about saving them from the war. We believe in it! Do you want to help our animals? Details are here:

https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

Oleksandr Feldman, the founder of the Ecopark: «Now, when the enemy continues to shell our cities and kill our people, we are all 24/7 solving pressing issues. But this does not mean that we do not need to think about what will happen tomorrow. The war will definitely end with our victory, the Ecopark will definitely be revived. And there will definitely be a monument to people who died saving animals. Work on it has already begun.
War is the worst thing that can happen, but it also gives us a lot of examples of real heroism and self-sacrifice at the front and in the outbacks, which we simply have no right to forget and will never forget. Among these heroes are the employees and volunteers of our Ecopark, who have been doing everything possible and impossible to save animals since the first days of the war. Risking their own lives, under constant shelling, they give thousands of innocent living beings a chance to live. These are real heroes, people with big hearts and beautiful pure souls.
Since the beginning of the war, six people have given their lives saving animals. Eternal memory to them and our immense gratitude. We will always remember them. Heroes don’t die, they stay with us forever. And the monument to them is a tribute of deep respect to their self-sacrifice and humanism.»

We continue to transport Feldman Ecopark animals to their temporary homes in Ukraine. We evacuated these spur-bearing and Aldabra tortoises from the shelled territory of the Ecopark at the end of March. Unfortunately, not without casualties — one turtle died under shelling. But we managed to save most of these giants, and all this time they lived at my house, where, of course, they were not very comfortable. Now they are moving to the Kovalivka Ecopark near Poltava, where our colleagues have created comfortable living conditions for them. Many thanks to everyone who helps us save animals. We still have a lot of work to do so that all of them are provided with home comfort, food, and everything necessary to the maximum and wait for their return home, to the renovated peaceful Feldman Ecopark!

We have not yet told you about the fate of the Molossus kennel Santa House Feldman. It was located beyond Triozerye, that is in the most dangerous territory, remote from the rescue routes and close to the positions occupied by the Russian aggressors. The kennel buildings were completely destroyed. But thanks to the efforts of the staff of the kennel and the Feldman Ecopark rescue team, all the dogs were saved! Now they are in Poltava region and are recovering from the stress caused shelling. These are the champions who have represented and, we believe, will continue to represent Ukraine in the international arena.
All the Santa House Feldman equipment, stocks of veterinary preparations, food have remained on the territory of the kennel, but caring people did not leave our dogs without the most necessary things, they helped, and we are deeply grateful for that.
If you can also help these and our other animals, the details are here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

We would like to tell you about the people who have provided and continue to provide us with invaluable assistance in saving the animals of the Ecopark. These are our Ukrainian military and border guards whose positions are located near the territory of Feldman Ecopark. They are at the forefront, constantly risking their lives, giving all their strength to the fight against the aggressor and the defense of our native Kharkіv. And no matter how hard it is for them, they find time and energy to help our animals. They fed them when the situation did not allow our employees and volunteers to break into the Ecopark, they made sure that the integrity of the enclosures was maintained, and the animals did not run away, they helped us with the evacuation.
Thank you so much guys, you are real humans and real heroes. With such warriors, we never doubt our Victory for a moment!

Today, on May 5, during the evacuation of buffaloes from Feldman Ecopark, the team of our employees and volunteers got under fire. One person died. Two people were seriously injured. Doctors are fighting for their lives. The deceased boy was only 15 years old. He helped his parents to feed and evacuate the animals. The blessed memory of the hero will always remain in our hearts. This is the sixth victim from among members of our team.

Previously, we did not show such videos much, since we did not want to escalate. But after a dirty information campaign accusing us of not wanting to take the animals out and not letting in someone who could come and pick them up was launched, we want to demonstrate how difficult it is and under what conditions our rescue team has been working for more than two months. These guys, however, have already taken out almost all of the 5,000 animals.
It is not only the life of animals, but also the lives of people at stake. And when organizing trips to the territory of Feldman Ecopark, our first goal is to save the lives and health of their participants. Very often our rescue operations have to be canceled due to shelling. This time, thank God, no one was hurt. We were accompanied by journalists — the operator of the TV channel Inter Alexander Yanovsky and ZUMA Press photographer, the winner of four Pulitzer Prizes, Carol Guzy. We are grateful to them for their courage, and we have no doubt that they will show the truth about the situation in the Ecopark. And the distributors of fakes and lies will be responsible for defamation in court.

Spring, sun and blossoming trees on one hand. War, destruction and people who need help — on the other. It is incomprehensible. But just like spring follows winter, our Victory will certainly follow the war. In the meantime, we continue to help those who are having a hard time today — the elderly, people with special needs, families with children and all Kharkiv residents who for various reasons now need support.

These are our heroes-rescuers who continue to save animals of the Ecopark under shelling and have almost completed this operation of evacuating five thousand animals, which requires titanic efforts and great courage! They are very offended when the so-called animal rights activists who have not done anything themselves to help say that animals are left to the mercy of fate and that we are not doing enough to save them. Please show respect for the people who are constantly taking risks and doing very hard work to save the lives of living beings for weeks and months!

This is the tiger Banzai, which, according to the deceitful manipulations of UAnimals, we «left for dead.» Yes, he is old and sick, and the stress of the shelling has further worsened his health. But he is being watched, treated, regularly fed and watered. We sincerely hope that he will get better, because Banzai is our favorite, he is an old-timer of the Ecopark and several times gave offsprings in it. And so the people, who offered us to take the lions to Africa on a safari and received a categorical refusal, launched a slanderous information campaign against us, taking advantage of the enormous difficulties that the war brought us.
UAnimals, stop speculating on someone else’s grief! We ask everyone to trust only reliable sources of information, not to believe the provocations of manipulators and not to distribute them. Unlike our employees and volunteers who have been regularly breaking into the territory of the Ecopark under shelling for more than two months to rescue and feed animals, these speculators have never been in place, have not seen anything and are spreading only their own inventions!

War is a terrible tragedy. But it also clearly shows who is who. Who comes to the rescue in a difficult situation and really saves and helps, and who uses grief for PR, scams and dubious profit. Feldman Ecopark has gotten under incessant shelling from the first day and experienced enormous difficulties. And due to the help of many caring people and organizations in Ukraine and around the world, we overcome these difficulties. We really appreciate it, this help not only allows us to get out of situations that seemed to be desperate, but also gives us faith in the future.
But, unfortunately, there are those who decided to use our grief to promote themselves. They post photos of dead and injured animals with some sadistic pleasure. For them, it’s just a picture that they use for their self PR. They spread half-truths and bald-faced lies, call for the rescue of those who are already safe, blame without understanding the situation (and often without even trying to understand it) and try to come between people. In particular, this position is taken by the rather well-known “animal protection” organization UAnimals, which widely uses such a dubious “hype” to raise money throughout the country.
But still there are incomparably more good people, and this is very pleasing. Without the help of thousands of people, the evacuation of our animals would not have been possible. This is 5 thousand species, and they all had to be taken out under shelling and placed somewhere, fed, cured of stress. Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odessa zoos, Arden park (Khmelnytsky region), Ecopark Kovalivka (Poltava region) and many others have helped us and are helping us. We’d rather talk about them than about those who spread slander and distort the facts. We ask everyone not to believe when you are shown photos of “abandoned” animals, which supposedly are still in the Ecopark. In fact, almost all of them have already been removed, and a few of those still remaining are under constant supervision, as far as possible due to shelling. They have not been forgotten. Please don’t let scammers drag you into their dirty games under the guise of «protecting» animals.

Today we are pleased to announce that the main zoo collection of Feldman Ecopark has been saved, almost all animals have already been taken out and are safe. There is still a small group of ungulates, all of them are provided with food and the necessary care. For more than two months, members of our heroic team broke into the territory of the Ecopark every day under shelling to feed, water and evacuate our pets. This was not always possible, we could not pass this path without loss. But we did not give up, and I am sincerely grateful to our guys who constantly took risks to save the animals. We are all proud of you! As well as thousands of our friends and helpers in Ukraine and all over the world who helped us financially, sent food, materials and drugs, helped to take animals out and offered places for their temporary shelter. Your help is invaluable! Now we also face very difficult tasks. Our animals are now dispersed throughout Ukraine. It is necessary to build enclosures for them, provide normal living conditions, food, and veterinary care. And soon, we hope so very much, we will be able to begin the revival of our Ecopark. But that will be another story.

Can you help us? Details are here:

https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

They are all family to us. These moose, which were recently rescued from the danger zone, came to us as babies and were fed by our employees. Imagine how the heart breaks when your pets, which you literally carried in your arms, are in mortal danger every day. Now there are very few of them left on the territory of the Ecopark, but until the last animal is evacuated we will not calm down and stop. Now we are raising funds to build a new home near Poltava for our moose. If you can help, please follow the link for the details: https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

Another moose rescue video. They are great fellows! Our team had been worrying that after numerous attacks, they would be frightened and would not want to approach people, but the animals understand everything and know that they are being saved. It was not possible to drive cars to their enclosures beyond Triozerye, so volunteers with moose had to run all the way to the main entrance of the Ecopark. The moose did everything right and calmly got into the car, thanks to their complaisance, the operation was carried out quickly. We are very glad that these animals are all right and are now safe!

These moose have a difficult fate. They were brought as babies to Feldman Ecopark for rehabilitation from the Chernobyl zone, where they were badly damaged by a fire. But it turned out that they wound up in an even more difficult situation. Their enclosures were located beyond Triozerye: this territory was not only heavily shelled, but also mined, enemy SRGs had entered it. It was one of the most difficult evacuation operations. But our heroes-rescuers managed to cope, and now our moose are already going for rehabilitation near Poltava, to the Kovalivka Ecopark. We believe that everything will be fine with them!
Unfortunately, their elder friend, the favorite of the guests and employees of the Ecopark, a very kind and sociable moose cow Varya, died. The war brings many losses… But we do not despair, we continue to do our job, we believe in Victory, in the revival of Ukraine, Kharkov and our Ecopark!
If you have the opportunity to help, the details are here:

https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

The situation around Feldman Ecopark is now tense, frequent shelling makes it more and more difficult to take the animals out. But nevertheless, our employees and volunteers sometimes manage to break into the territory of the Ecopark and save our pets. The last successful operation was the evacuation of a female Himalayan bear. Now she is in quarantine, then she will go to one of our partners to recover from stress. There are many difficulties, but we are not going to stop.

We need your help to transport animals, set up temporary enclosures and buy food.
You can send your donations to these details:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

It is too bad that people who could be able to earn their living on their own, if there is no war, now have to stand in lines for humanitarian assistance. It is a pity that for old people who have worked all their lives, for mothers with small children, these packages with a set of basic products have become important in order to feed themselves and their loved ones. But it is not their fault that they are in such a situation. And I have no doubt that after the Victory we will be able to quickly establish a normal life. In the meantime, there are daily trips to different districts of Kharkov and hundreds of people who need help. We keep working.

In Poltava, near the entrance to Ecopark Kovalivka, an exhibition of vintage cars Feldman Ecopark will be held. This is a gift to Poltava residents who took an active part in saving the animals of our Ecopark, which has been bombed and shelled since the first day of the war, and who sheltered many of them. Previously, the cars of our Automobile Club AVEC had been standing near the entrance to the Feldman Ecopark, all our guests loved to take pictures near them, it was one of our visiting cards. Now, alas, this is impossible, so we decided to please our friends of Poltava in this difficult time, to give them the opportunity to escape from worries and sad thoughts a little. It will be completely free to visit the exhibition. It will be opened in May, preparations are underway.

World Tapir Day is celebrated on April 27 each year, so on that day we are pleased to announce that our family of these wonderful animals, which was rescued from shelling in Feldman Ecopark, is feeling fine and is gradually recovering in Poltava, where they are sheltered by Ecopark Kovalivka. They recover from stress — the cub does that faster than adults — and return to normal life. A new rather comfortable enclosure has already been prepared for them, and very soon they will begin to settle in and communicate with people, which these kind and curious animals love very much. We believe that everything will be fine with our tapirs and all other evacuated animals, and that the time is not far off when they will be able to return home to Kharkiv!

People who spent two months in the subway fleeing shelling, will never take it as just a means of transport. But of course, wagons and platforms are not a house at all. Therefore, we are constantly trying to treat them to homemade food — porridge with meat cooked in my yard, as well as to bring other necessities of life. We are constantly expanding our geography, we come to different places — after all, there is not a single metro station in Kharkiv where people do not hide from the war. They have a very difficult life now, and they are in dire need of our attention and support.

Another remote area of Kharkiv. Women, children, aged people. People need Our Help Your Neighbor program, so we will continue to support them. We are not alone, we are part of a large volunteer movement, we are supported by charitable foundations from different parts of Ukraine and other countries. Kharkiv residents will not be left alone with the problems that the war brought to their home. We are together, which means we will win!

We never cease to give thanks to everyone who helps us, and we are happy that this is a huge number of people and organizations which give us financial, material, organizational, logistical, and informational support. Thanks to everyone who has helped and is helping to take out our animals and to those who temporarily house them. The horses of our Horse Complex were taken out and sheltered by the Kharkiv stud farm (director — Leonty Bugaichuk). In total, we evacuated 32 horses and 21 ponies there, and we did it in time, before our stables came under heavy fire. Our horses feel good and settle down in a new place, and even a baby pony was already born! We are proud that the whole Kharkiv, the whole Ukraine is a big friendly family, which does not leave those who find themselves in a difficult situation!

The evacuation of animals from Feldman Ecopark continues on weekdays and weekends. Another rescued animal is a white tiger. He had to endure some inconvenience, and our rescuers did a good job, so that the animal is now safe and ready to join his previously taken relatives. We continue to work until our last pet leaves the «grey zone»!

In these pre-holiday days, we tried to maximize the number of our rides to different districts of Kharkov under our Help Your Neighbor program. Because when the war is on, shelling and people are having a hard time, the feeling of a holiday is very important. These sets of products and Easter cakes are our gratitude to the Kharkiv residents for their resilience and faith in better days, and our wish for a good holiday and, what we would very much like, peace and our victory coming soon. We believe in it!

Today, in the yard of my house, we again cooked porridge with chicken for Kharkiv residents who live in the Kharkiv metro hiding from the bombings — this has already become a good tradition of our humanitarian headquarters. This time, we delivered a delicious home-cooked lunch cooked with love to the Maidan Constitution metro station. In addition to porridge — water and drinks, hygiene products, toys for children and Easter cakes for the holiday. It is important for us not only to help people who are having a hard time, but also to show them that all of us are Kharkiv residents, we are united and support each other in everything, that our Kharkov spirit is a huge force. Everything will be Kharkiv, everything will be Ukraine!

We are often asked if we managed to save the alpaca and other pets of our Alpaca Valley, which have become famous throughout Ukraine. Yes, we were able to evacuate them. This location, as well as the entire Feldman Ecopark, was constantly shelled, and, unfortunately, there were casualties. But we managed to transport the absolute majority of animals to Poltava. Aviaries have already been made for them here, they have settled down and feel good. As well as our Scottish cows that settled in the neighborhood, and other animals.
Our pets have gone to different cities of Ukraine, they are well cared for by our friends and partners, and we are deeply grateful to them for that. We are also not going to forget about our animals and will try our best to provide them with food, veterinary drugs and everything necessary.
You can help us with this, details for donations are here:

https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

We visit different districts of our Kharkiv under Help Your Neighbor program every day. Sometimes we visit private sector, sometimes old buildings, sometimes high-rise buildings, but one thing remains unchanged: our people live there, they live in difficult conditions and need help and support. Today, we brought them not only sets of products as usual, but also Easter cakes. They should have a sense of celebration, no matter what. They deserve it like no other.

Another «strategic military facility» in Feldman Ecopark was «demilitarized» by the invaders. This is a barn of our Horse Complex, which was built not so long ago. Fortunately, all its inhabitants — horses of different breeds — were evacuated in time, they are safe. Only the infrastructure of the Horse Complex was seriously damaged. It is sad, since so much effort and funds had been invested in it, but this can be fixed — after the Victory we will definitely rebuild everything and make it even better!

The process of evacuating our animals continues successfully, despite all the difficulties. Today we have taken out three gray wolves, which had been confiscated as contraband by the customs and given to us for temporary accommodation, as well as a cassowary and a group of five donkeys. Taking out of the last animals — kind and peaceful as a rule — was difficult, but we managed, all the rescued animals are doing well and are already heading to their temporary homes. To be continued, all animals will definitely be saved.

A drone flying over the territory of the Ecopark means danger. That is often followed by shelling. Russian troops are constantly monitoring the territory. It seems that they should understand that the evacuation of wolves is a purely peaceful process. But our rescuers have learned on several occasions that their logic (if it exists, of course) is completely different.

One of the oldest good traditions of our foundation continues despite the war! Every year, we bought and distributed Easter cakes to Kharkiv residents before Easter. And now more than ever we want to please our fellow-countrymen who are suffering from shelling and deprivation. Wartime creates additional difficulties in everything — not all manufacturers are working now, but we tried to order the maximum possible number of Easter cakes in different places, so that these traditional Easter treats with the wishes of peace, goodness and, of course, Victory, could be served at festive tables of Kharkiv residents! First, we will deliver Easter cakes to remote areas of the city, the residents of which are having the hardest time now — such logistics has become the rule for us since the beginning of the war. We do everything to ensure that no one feels abandoned, does not lose hope, so that joy, in spite of everything, comes to every home of our native Kharkiv!

We have received confirmation that two of our employees who went missing in early March have died. When the war started, they stayed in the Ecopark and helped to feed the animals. We arrived at the Ecopark on March 7 and did not find them there. We searched for them for a long time, hooked up law enforcement officers. Until the last, we had been hoping that nothing irremediable had happened, and they were able to survive. But yesterday we received confirmation that their bodies had been found. Our guys were shot by the enemies, and their bodies had been barricaded in the back room.
We’ll cherish the blessed memory of these wonderful and courageous people. Sincere condolences to their families and friends. We believe that inhumans who have committed this will definitely be punished!

Today we have delivered another batch of the necessary equipment to our doctors — this time to the Kharkiv military hospital. Thanks to the assistance of Lions Förderverein Mittelmain-Karlstadt e.V. «Hilfe fur die Ukraine» and Deutsch ukrainischer e.V. Marburg OBOZ Plus, military doctors have received syringe pumps and infusion pumps, stationary and portable ventilators with consumables, an ophthalmic microscope and an eye surgery device that can remove splinters from the eyes. We are deeply grateful to our colleagues for their help, which will save the lives and health of our defenders. Together, by uniting forces, we can achieve a lot!

Bad weather is no reason to stop our rescue operations in Feldman Ecopark. Working in the rain is much more pleasant than working under Grads’ shelling. As a result, hyenas have joined the list of our pets who are now safe. Step by step, we are moving towards our goal — to remove all animals from the territory regularly exposed to shelling.

If you can help, the details are here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

The «Club of Friends» of Feldman Ecopark continues to grow — over the past week, almost 200 residents of Ukraine and other countries have transferred their donations for the evacuation, treatment and food supply of Ecopark animals. Anonymous payments also continue to come in. In total, since the beginning of the war and regular shelling of the territory of the Ecopark, we have been supported by almost 8,000 people! We are grateful to everyone who came to our aid during this difficult time — thanks to you, most of our pets have already been evacuated to a safe area, they are provided with food and care. The process of rescuing the animals which still remain in the shelled «gray zone» continues daily and will continue until the last of them are taken out. With great respect and gratitude, we continue to publish on the official website of Feldman Ecopark the names of our friends who came to the rescue in difficult times. Your help is invaluable to us!

Cooperation between international and Ukrainian charitable and volunteer organizations during the war in Ukraine rose to the highest level, and it is an honor for us to be part of this process. All of us are united by the desire to help people, to seek and find ways to solve the most difficult problems that our people are now facing en masse in different parts of the country. Together with Lions Förderverein Mittelmain-Karlstadt e.V. «Hilfe fur die Ukraine» and Deutsch ukrainischer e.V. Marburg OBOZ Plus Alexander Feldman’s Foundation have delivered to the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital named after I.I.Mechnikov ventilators that will help save people’s lives. Each local action of that kind is merging into the global process and making us stronger. That inspires our confidence that there are no such difficulties that we are unable to overcome and win!

Thanks so much to the Vadym Stolar Charitable Foundation, which has been helping Kharkiv since the very beginning of the war! Today we have received another batch of food kits for Kharkiv residents — as always, they will be delivered to residents of the most remote and shelled areas of the city, to those who are unable to come to get help themselves. Vadim Stolar is our long-term reliable partner, he has helped and continues to help Ecopark, he lent a helping hand to the residents of our city at a difficult moment, together we provide a large number of people suffering from war with everything they need. I am deeply grateful to him and his team and invite everyone who has the opportunity to join our work — together we can do a lot!

Vadym Stolar Charitable Foundation:
https://t.me/vadymstolarbf

Animals rescued from shelling in Feldman Ecopark already give birth! Ring-tailed lemurs were born in Poltava, goatlings were born in Kharkov. The evacuated animals calm down, come to their senses. This proves that we are on the right track. Life goes on. And our rescue operations continue. We started to take out large ungulates from the Ecopark. Have taken out three camels and two kiangs already. There is still a lot of work to be done, but we do not stop, and every day we have a small victory!

Our foundation and humanitarian headquarters increasingly play the role of delivery provider for humanitarian aid which comes to Kharkiv from different countries and regions of Ukraine. This means we unite people and charitable organizations so that their help reaches the right address — to those who need it most. For example, we were able to significantly improve the living conditions of Kharkiv residents who have been forced to live at the Kharkiv metro stations Studencheskaya and Kholodnaya Gora hiding from shelling for almost two months due to the cooperation of three funds at once. The German-Ukrainian community MARBURG OBOZ PLUS has sent beds, the Sunrise Ukraine Foundation has provided mattresses, and the Alexander Feldman Foundation has organized the delivery. As a result, children, elderly, and people with special needs are now in much more comfortable conditions. Many thanks to the participants of this and many other humanitarian actions! Together we are strong!

The rescue operation in Feldman Ecopark continues. If the situation allows, sometimes we even do several rides a day. Finally, the time has come to save these handsome guys — the favorites of kids. Our ponies are now safe too! Thanks to the support of our friends and the courage of rescue volunteers, most of the animals have already been evacuated from the Ecopark, but there is still work to be done to achieve our goal of evacuating all the animals.
You can help us with this by sending donations to these details:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

The humanitarian headquarters of the ICF Alexander Feldman Foundation continues to unite people who want to help Kharkiv residents. A large number of charitable organizations and simply caring people in Ukraine and abroad react to the difficult situation that the war has brought to our city and its residents. Our volunteers receive charitable goods in Kharkiv, distribute and send them to where they are most needed right now. So, frozen ready meals were sent to residents of our city fleeing bombings at metro stations, medicines to the Regional War Veterans Hospital in New Bavaria, and long-term storage products to residents of remote areas of Kharkiv receiving assistance under our Help Your Neighbor program. Many thanks to all our partners who have joined in helping Kharkiv residents! Together we can do much more!

These are our rescued little jaguars. Good to see they are safe now! Many thanks to Poltava residents, employees of the Kovalivka Ecopark for their attention to our youngsters, as well as to many other evacuated animals. These people have created excellent conditions for life here.

I am deeply grateful to all the residents of Poltava and, separately, to the mayor of Poltava, Alexander Mamay, for the way they responded to our misfortune, came to the rescue and accepted animals which have been evacuated from shelling from our Ecopark. This is a huge hospitality and simply unprecedented support! I am sure that in the future our cooperation will only intensify, and what we will do together will be of interest to the whole Ukraine! Poltava and Kharkiv are close geographically, and after the war we will definitely implement a collaborative large-scale project that will unite us into a single tourist space. This location here, near Poltava, is so beautiful, and by joining forces and organizing the necessary conditions for animals, we can create Ukrainian Switzerland, which will attract tourists from all over Ukraine and beyond!

The number of our friends and partners is growing! We received a truck with charitable aid for Kharkiv residents, which was donated to us by The “Ternopil” Charitable Foundation! The whole Ukraine and the entire civilized world are with us today, and we are deeply grateful for the support that allows us to expand our work of providing assistance to people within the framework of our Help Your Neighbor program. Together we will definitely win!

The “Ternopil” Charitable Foundation:
https://bf.te.ua/en/

The results of one of the last bombings of the Ecopark. Until recently, it was a road that was used to evacuate animals. Next to it is a zebras’ aviary. Fortunately, they are no longer here, we have managed to take them out. The conditions under which our rescue team has to work are quite harsh. But our goal is to take out all the animals, and until it is not achieved, the team will not stop. Great job has already been done, but there is still a lot to do.

If you can help our team, the details are here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

This is how the suburbs of Kharkov in the area of ​​​​Pyatihatki village (on the way to Feldman Ecopark) look now. They are shelled no less than our Ecopark, and driving along this road is a very dangerous “entertainment”. But that does not stop our rescue team, and today another batch of birds and ungulates has been evacuated from the «grey» zone. Together with our numerous friends, we have done a great job already. Representatives of distant continents — Australian kangaroos, African lions, Madagascar lemurs, South American jaguars, Asian, African, American monkeys and many others are already safe. But we will continue until the last pig and goat leave the dangerous territory — after all, we are responsible for them.

This video speaks louder than any words. A huge number of people always gather near our trucks delivering food and other necessary aid in the private sector and outlying districts of Kharkiv. These people haven’t left the city, they live under shelling, often, without electricity and water despite the heroic efforts of utility services. And they need aid in both basic products which are often just impossible to get in such areas, and simple support. They need the feeling that they are not abandoned, not forgotten, and others are trying to help them. Therefore, we continue to work for our people.

Many thanks to the director of the Odessa Zoo Igor Belyakov for his support in those difficult conditions the war has put us! We are grateful for the kind words addressed to our rescue team and for taking care of our lions. We have no doubt that they will be fine in Odessa, and that after the Victory they will return to our renovated Ecopark which will become even better!

Another rather difficult «working day» of our rescue team in the Ecopark. Today we managed to take out three brown and one Himalayan bear, as well as three Scottish cows. In addition, we managed to catch a reindeer who had run away from the bombed-out aviary earlier, and it was also evacuated. Except by the end of the working day, shelling intensified, they fired from Grads, and there was also a warning about an air raid, so it was not possible to take out more animals.
Regarding how many animals still need to be evacuated. At this rate, it will take another 15-20 rides. You can all see in what extremely nervous, life-threatening conditions this is happening. What our team is doing is simply unimaginable, and I cannot express in words how grateful I am to the guys who take huge risks to save animals.

Every day, the cars of our humanitarian headquarters bring food to Kharkiv residents in different districts of Kharkiv. Primarily, they go to remote districts where people suffer from shelling and have the hardest time getting to distribution points for humanitarian aid and supermarkets. And everywhere we meet a large number of people who need our help and support. This means that we will continue this work for as long as necessary. We are not alone – today the Foundation of Oles Dovgiy which has delivered a large batch of food products to Kharkiv and many other friends and partners are working with us. Many thanks to everyone who helps Kharkiv residents with us, and to all the numerous volunteer communities!

Our lions and some other animals that were rescued yesterday from shelling in the territory of the Ecopark, are already on their way to a new temporary home in Odessa. Many thanks to the management and staff of the Odessa Zoo who, like so many of our colleagues in Ukraine and abroad, have expressed their readiness to accept our animals and take care of them. We have no doubt that our pets will be happy there!

We took out five large lions, a lion cub, a jaguar, as well as silver foxes, arctic foxes, and birds from the territory of the Ecopark. The team worked perfectly, despite the fact that at the end of our work, heavy shelling had begun. We ask you not to believe the information that is being circulated on social networks that our animals are abandoned and no one needs them. We work to save them every day and not a single animal will be left to their fate, be it a pig, a tiger or a bear. Tomorrow will be a decisive day in the struggle for the lives of large predators: the evacuation of bears and two tigers is scheduled. If the situation with shelling allows, the rescue of the predators will be over. The next stage is the evacuation of large ungulates: camels, Siberian ibex, markhor and others. Our team has a firm mood, we will not abandon anyone, all animals will be saved.

Over the past week, almost 4,000 people have provided assistance for the evacuation, treatment and food supply of Feldman Ecopark animals! This is almost as many as the entire number of people who have supported us in a previous period since the beginning of Russian aggression in Ukraine (that is, more than a month). Donations come from all regions of Ukraine, as well as from a number of other countries. In addition, a large number of payments come anonymously (including payments in cryptocurrencies), that means that in fact there are even more real friends who came to help us at this most difficult moment in the history of the Ecopark! Many thanks to everyone who supports us, this is really very important now: thanks to you, those of our pets who, unfortunately, remain in the line of fire, are provided with food, care and water, and an increasing number of them move to safer places. This process continues daily (if the shelling situation permits) and will not stop until the last animal is safe. In addition to financial support, this week we also have received numerous offers to assist in the transportation and accommodation of our animals. So it will not be an exaggeration to say that the whole country and many of our foreign friends take care of our animals in trouble, so we are confident in success. With great respect and gratitude, we continue to publish the names of our friends who have come to help us in this most difficult situation on the Feldman Ecopark website, and we also express our deep respect to those whose names remained behind the scenes. Your help is invaluable!

Rescue operations continue! Despite the constant shelling, our team managed to break into the Ecopark and take out a group of animals: foxes, caracals, badgers. Now we are one step closer to the goal: to take all of our animals out of the danger zone. To achieve this goal faster, we need your help.

The details how to support us you can find here:

https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/

Dear friends! We have received so many offers to help animals of the Ecopark that we are simply not able to accept them all! Many thanks to everyone: mayors of cities, animal protection organizations, caring people who have mini-zoos or farms and have expressed their willingness to accept our animals. We are deeply grateful to you! But first of all, we proceed from the  interests of our animals, and our director Vitaly Ilchenko chooses places for them based on logistics, feed delivery, veterinary services, etc. Each new relocation, especially a long one, is an additional stress for the animals that have already suffered it because of the bombing. Therefore, today we prefer not to take our rescued pets to Europe, but to minimize the time of their transportation in transport cages. We are grateful to our foreign partners for their invitations, and I beg those people whose help we hadn’t accepted not to be offended. Together we have done a great work on saving animals, all we are one family, and we will definitely continue our cooperation! Once again, thank you very much!

Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to enter the territory of the Ecopark to evacuate animals for three days so far. The intensity of enemy shelling these days is so high that it is not even possible to drive up close to the territory. So there is no positive news yet. But we do not stop trying. As soon as the situation allows, our rescue team will immediately continue their work. The goal remains the same — to take all the survived animals to a safe area. We will not give up, because the humane treatment of animals is what makes us human.

From the bottom of my heart, I would like to thank the Foundation of Oles Dovgiy for the enormous assistance it provided to the Kharkiv region today. Stewed meat, condensed milk, various cereals, sugar, flour have arrived… Together we can do a lot! The whole Ukraine is helping Kharkiv today, tomorrow Kharkiv will return the favor to other regions if they need help.
I invite everyone who has such an opportunity to join our program. We have a lot of things to do: cooking porridge, delivering and packing food, delivering food for Kharkiv residents in remote areas of the city, to places where the majority are afraid to go, but people keep waiting for help while hiding in the basements from shelling. Hot food, sweets for children, a sincere smile and support — these things are worth a lot now.

The weight of an adult tiger is about 200 kg, slightly less if it’s a tigress. Loading this sedated body for evacuation under shelling is not an easy job. But our team can handle it. These animals are in a safe place now, they are doing well. But still lots of our animals, including large predators, remain in the territory of the Ecopark which regularly gets under shelling for a month and a half.

If you’d like to take a part in rescuing our animals, find details for providing help here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/donation/

These cheetahs are very lucky: they had been taken out just before the massive shelling of the Ecopark during which their aviary was destroyed. In case this happened a bit later, they could die or find themselves free, which would not augur well nor for them, nor for people who could meet the animals. Now they are doing well: they began to settle in their temporary dwelling near Poltava. We wish such a happy end for the maximum number of stories of salvation from war and shelling of our animals, so that we continue to work on their evacuation from the “grey zone”. And due to the support of our numerous friends, the issue of placing the animals in zoos and other convenient places for their housing in different regions of Ukraine is solving. You are able to support and speed up this process.
Details for donations are here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/donation/

Today we have a very successful and joyful day. Thanks to our team, which, without fear of shelling, worked on the territory of the Ecopark for seven hours, more than 80 animals were taken out! Huge thanks guys! I am also very grateful to the Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov. Thanks to his position and the position of the leaders of the Kharkiv Zoo, he took the “main blow” to the placement of our animals – we have already transported 23 of our pets there – great apes, white lions, white tigers, jaguars. Today we will also transport animals there. Many thanks also to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov and his deputy Mikhail Lysenko, as well as representatives of Odessa, Lvov, other cities of Western Ukraine and all those caring people who responded to our trouble. Thanks to such support, today we are fully confident that we will be able to take out all our animals without exception. The ones who survived. Today we saw the dead offspring of white tigers, panthers, jaguars and many other animals. It’s terribly sad. But the main thing is that we have something that not only inspires hope, but also leaves no doubt that everything will be fine. Our example shows that today in Kharkiv everyone is one, there is no difference for anyone between the zoo and the ecopark. This is our city, we do everything together and we will develop and rebuild the city after the war together.

The fact that in recent days we have been very closely involved in saving the animals of the Ecopark does not mean at all that the activity of our humanitarian headquarters has decreased — quite the contrary. The purchase of products is in full swing, many thanks to the retail chains and suppliers who meet us halfway, packaging, delivery — the work continues non-stop. Kharkiv residents, especially residents of outlying districts, are pensioners, families with children are waiting for us, which means we are going to them.

Transporting lions is not an easy task. Especially when animals have been under stress from shelling for more than a month and, in general, from the fact that their calm and measured life has changed dramatically. But we coped with this, the main thing is that we safely left the shelling zone and neither people nor animals were injured. We received a lot of suggestions about where they can be settled — many thanks to all colleagues and friends for their help and understanding! There are still many animals on the territory of the Ecopark — everyone who is ready to financially support their further evacuation can do it here:
https://feldman-ecopark.com/en/donation/