Two dog friendly coffee shops in east Belfast are filling lorries with critical donations for refugees in Ukraine, one for the people, the other for their pets.
Gusberts on Belmont Rd is co-ordinating a collection for animals and Smokey Deli on Grand Parade is taking in donations for families and Ukrainian volunteers fighting invading Putin forces.
Together the donations will be transported to Poland by a Carrickfergus lorry driver to a family camp and a temporary check-in camp for pets run by a Romanian animal rescue group.
