A huge effort is under way to rescue thousands of pets from Ukraine – amid reports starving Russian soldiers have resorted to eating cats, dogs and rabbits.
In one shelter in Krakow, Poland, 120 rescued dogs are waiting to be re-homed.
Iga Glazewska, Poland director for Humane Society International, said: “At the Polish/Ukraine reception points we’re continuing to see people arriving with their canine or cat companions in their arms or riding along in their backpacks.