Spool, Tsiklya, Pumba, and Dzyga: the "Best Friends" shelter is home to over 1400 animals with names you can't forget

In the village of Makariv, Kyiv region, there is a shelter "Best Friends", which is home to over 1,400 animals — dogs, cats, foxes and horses. But the first thing that catches your eye is their names.

Here live: Shpulka, Tsiklya, Pumba, Busik, Buba, Grinch, Dzyga, Klenok, Kratos, Lelik, Mordastik, Plusha, Pups, Smereka, Sonic, Scooby-Doo, Tolik, Ulibaka, Favori, Yago, Yara.

And also — Juice, ромашка, Filya, Gloria, Stafi, Caramelka, Oreo, Foxy, Lastochka, Trisha, Busya, Twister, Drolya, Zhuzha-daughter, Kusha, Sorbonne, Gale, Misiais, Matroskin, Kisa, Donna, Flint, Kiwi, Smishinka, Malyuk, Chip, Pru, Lapka, Lyalya, Bailey, Smaylik, Etna, Kesha, Tapa, Flora, Shokoladka, Stasya, Tuzik, Nika, Pirate, Brave, Sonka, Fanya, Houston, Yuppi.

The shelter is located in the urban-type settlement of Makariv, Kyiv region.

Today it is home to:

• 900 dogs;

• 400 cats;

• as well as 3 foxes and 4 horses.

The shelter functions as a public organization and works every day without days off. Its task is to give a chance to live to those who were thrown out, injured or simply forgotten.

How to help? Become a guardian!

Anyone can take an animal under guardianship — without taking it home. The guardian finances food, medicine, and household needs of a particular pet, choosing it on the website.

 Choose an animal for guardianship

What you need to do:

1. Follow the link.

2. Choose an animal.

3. Click "Take guardianship" — you will be redirected to Patreon.

4. Select the "Dog Care" or "Cat Care" subscription and оформлюйте support.

Write to us on social networks or by mail the name of your pet, so that we change its status.

Custody is a chance to give a particular creature stability and warmth. Even if it remains to live in a shelter, it will know: it is not alone.

The shelter that survived the air strike

In March 2022, the Best Friends shelter was hit by an air strike: two Russian bombs destroyed it completely. 500 animals died. Despite this, the team continued to work and began to rebuild the shelter almost from scratch.

More details — in the UNN material: "Bombed six times: the fate of the shelter near Makarova"