Safe home for pets from Ukraine: How the Starnberg Animal Shelter helps
Created: 03/18/2022, 11:00 am
By: Laura Forster
Have meanwhile settled in at the Starnberg animal shelter (from left): Nola, Kai, Bonja and Klöpa.
The deputy director Tanja Wieber (left), Sara Ada and the entire team take care of the dogs from the Ukraine.
© Andrea Jaksch
Pets keep coming to the district with the people from Ukraine.
The animal shelter Starnberg supports where it can and has already taken in four dogs.
Before that happens, the vaccination book is checked first, because there are always cases of rabies in the Ukraine.
Starnberg – Tanja Wieber, the deputy animal shelter manager in Starnberg, and her team get calls every day.
"Since the war in Ukraine started and people have been fleeing to Germany, the phone hasn't stopped ringing," she says.
"We've already been asked if we can accommodate 30 cats." However, due to the limited capacity on Franziskusweg, the shelter cannot accommodate every animal.
However, the home is in close contact with the volunteers.
"The willingness to help is huge," says Tanja Wieber.
"If someone can't take their dog or cat with them to the refugee accommodation, there is almost always someone who will take the animal in temporarily." The animal shelter has also recently started working with the animal welfare organization Tasso.
"They have a much larger network," says Wieber.
Last Saturday, the first dogs from the war zone moved into the grounds of the home.
Klöpa, Kai, Bonja and Nola - two mixed breeds, a dachshund and a beagle.
A lady from Gilching had informed the deputy director that she was taking in two families from the Ukraine, but that the apartment was too small for the four dogs.
"It was clear to us from the start that we wanted to take in the dogs temporarily," says Wieber.
Dogs that were “totally upset” at the beginning
In the meantime, the two males and two females have settled in well, "at the beginning they were - just like the refugees - totally upset".
After the long and nerve-wracking journey, however, this is not unusual.
To make it easier for the animals to separate from their families, Wieber gave the masters and mistresses towels to take with them.
"You can use them to rub your face or arms so the smell sticks.
We then put them in the dogs' baskets.” A trick that has already proven itself with other animals.
Although the four dogs live in isolation from the other shelter residents, they do not have to be quarantined because they were only vaccinated against rabies in February.
“A vet checked this immediately upon arrival.
You have to be really careful with that,” says Wieber.
Not all animals from the Ukraine are vaccinated against the virus infection, which is considered to be eradicated in Germany.
This could be particularly dangerous for humans.
A small wound that an infected dog licks over and the disease is transmitted.
"In Poland there have already been the first cases." Wieber therefore advises everyone who takes in animals from the Ukraine to have their vaccination records checked.
It's unclear how long the dogs will stay at the shelter.
"As soon as the owners have found an apartment where animals are allowed, they should be reunited," says Wieber.
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Animals from Ukraine
If you have any questions about animals from the Ukraine or need tips and help, you are welcome to contact the Starnberg animal shelter by e-mail to info@tierheim-starnberg.de or by telephone (0 8151) 87 82.