The Austrian gas station network AMIC ENERGY, in collaboration with the charity foundation «12 Vartovykh», started a joint initiative to sterilize and vaccinate animals living at gas stations and surrounding areas. The idea behind the project is to provide necessary medical assistance and care to stray animals throughout Ukraine.
With the support of «12 Vartovykh» and direct involvement of AMIC ENERGY, all stray animals in the network have been sterilized and vaccinated. Several of the animals needed urgent help, and the foundation evacuated them to Kyiv for additional examinations and surgeries.
«There are dogs living at every gas station, we all know this», says Lala Tarapakina, founder of the «12 Vartovykh» charity foundation. «From 1 to 10 dogs can be found around every gas station. Our task is to provide the necessary medical care to reduce the number of stray animals in Ukraine. So now, we travel around the country, through AMIC ENERGY stations, and along the way, we provide the medical treatment to the animals».
The mechanism of the project is quite simple: «12 Vartovykh», headed by Lala Tarapakina, in close cooperation with well-known volunteer and animal rights activist Ksenia Bereznaya, the moderator of the process, act as a mobile operational team that provides instant assistance on the spot according to the route and the list of locations provided by AMIC ENERGY.
«We are pleased to bring this initiative to life and are extremely grateful to the «12 Vartovykh» Foundation for supporting us in this mission», says Audrius Stropus – a CEO of AMIC Ukraine, FIE. «After the full-scale invasion, a very large number of animals ended up homeless, and of course, some of them seek for a shelter at gas stations. We have faith that other Ukrainian businesses will support us in this initiative and help reduce the number of stray animals».
Since the first days of the full-scale invasion, the Austrian network of gas stations AMIC ENERGY has been continuously supporting Ukraine. From the constant supply of fuel to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military administrations and charitable organizations to providing Ukrainian military with vehicles, military clothing, professional equipment, to transferring funds to the NBU special account for the needs of the Armed Forces. The company has already donated more than 300,000 liters of fuel.
AMIC ENERGY has recently launched a charity initiative «MAVIC by AMIC», under which 5 UAH from each fuel receipt is allocated by AMIC ENERGY to purchase hundreds of DJI Mavic 3 drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. AMIC ENERGY continues the Invincible Coffee charity initiative aimed at rebuilding Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
The charity foundation «12 Vartovykh» was established in 2019 with a focus on reviving cultural heritage. Since the start of the full-scale war, the foundation’s team has been working as volunteers to aid both people and animals in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine.
Within this time framework, the foundation has actively assisted in the Kyiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Chernihiv regions in cooperation with Ukrainian and international charity foundations. Among other activities, the foundation has conducted sterilization missions in areas affected by combat and where a crisis situation with stray animals has arisen due to military aggression.