Animals rescued from flood-hit Kherson region

(9 Jun 2023)

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Kherson, Ukraine – 8 June 2023
1. Zoom in to dog barking on roof of submerged house
HEADLINE: Animals rescued from flood-hit Kherson region
2. Animal rescue volunteer Volodymyr Holubnichii giving food to dog
3. Close of dog on boat
ANNOTATION: The collapse of the Kakhovka dam has left entire neighborhoods of Kherson underwater.
4. Dogs swimming in water
5. Animal rescue volunteer retrieving dog from water
ANNOTATION: Thousands of animals have become stranded after the flooded area was evacuated.
6. Volunteers approaching cat on roof
7. Holubnichii grabbing cat
ANNOTATION: Dogs and cats have had to survive without food or family, isolated on the roofs of flooded homes.
8. Holubnichii in boat, apartment blocks in background, UPSOUND distant shelling
ANNOTATION: Animal rescue volunteers from Kharkiv try to rescue them, while shelling is sporadically heard in the distance.
9. Close of Holubnichii approaching dog
10. Wide of Holubnichii holding leash
11. Close of dog in boat
ANNOTATION: More than 100 animals have been retrieved since the dam was ruptured.
12. Wide of dog on boat
13. Close of dog getting out of boat
ANNOTATION: Among them one lucky dog, grateful to be back on dry land.

STORYLINE:
After the dam in southern Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka was blown up on Tuesday, entire neighborhoods of Kherson were left underwater, and thousands of animals became stranded as the areas were evacuated.

In the Kherson neighbourhood of Island, household pets loitered around the roofs of homes submerged by floodwater, as rescuers arrived by motorboats.

Dogs and cats isolated on the rubble of flooded homes have had to survive without food or family.

Animal rescue volunteers from Kharkiv try to rescue them, while shelling is sporadically heard in the distance.

More than 100 animals have been retrieved since the dam was ruptured.

AP video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko

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