About 50 kilometres south-east of Berlin, between pine forests and country lanes, lies the Rendez-vous with Animals shelter, ...

“From the beginning of the war, we saw a very sad situation with pets in Ukraine,” said Mariia Martsiv, who was the paper’s lead author and is a zoologist at the University of Lviv. “Some people took ...

Dogs near Ukraine’s front lines are becoming more wolf-like as war filters survival traits, revealing rapid natural selection in action.

KYIV — Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv’s top diplomat made a very personal and little-known policy decision: He encouraged Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry staff to bring their dogs ...

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KYIV, Ukraine — For two days last month, a vision of canine paradise emerged in the heart of a city regularly pounded by Russian drones and missiles. Under sunny skies, thousands of dogs of all sizes ...

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Mey, a Belgian shepherd, and her trainer Kenan Muftic learned how to effectively detect mines and unexploded ordnance last week, negotiating various obstacles and scenarios in a ...

Stealthy and agile, they could soon become an invaluable ally on the front line for an Ukrainian army that is short on manpower. A robot dog leaps into the air ...

The human cost of the war in Ukraine has been well documented. But Russia’s invasion is also affecting the country’s pets in surprising ways. In a study published in December, in the journal ...