Репортаж о том, как волонтеры из Улан-Удэ вывезли более 600 собак, чтобы спасти их от смерти, показали журналисты телеканала «Ариг Ус».
In the village of Molodezhny, which is located half an hour's drive from Yekaterinburg, you can find an unusual farm. However, the owner himself does not call his house anything but a shelter for cows. Viktor Grishin is a reserve officer. But he found himself not in the army, but in saving cows. In the Ural countryside, Grishin opened a boarding house for old and sick cows. Cows there live out their lives in warmth, love and peace, " writes the newspaper Such Things.
It all started with the fact that Victor became a vegetarian and was looking for natural products for himself, including milk. I found farmers near Yekaterinburg and shopped there for several years. But on one of the visits, the beloved farm was empty, the cow was slaughtered for meat. That's when Victor decided to save at least one cow. Now he and his wife take to themselves the cows that have already outlived their days or are preparing for slaughter.
There are fifteen residents in the Ladybug Shelter today. This figure is fickle: someone from the herd goes to cow paradise, someone comes from the world of non-vegetarians. The Night cow, for example, arrived here from a neighboring village. Her owner became seriously ill, and he no longer had the strength to look after the cow. And Victor, just when the neighbor put the burenka up for sale, sold his car. He believes that everything happily coincided: he saved the Night's life, and this amount — 70 thousand — helped her former owner in treatment.
However, later the expenses turned out to be even more: the cow had joint problems, and her leg was sore and festering. An operation was performed, part of the hoof was amputated. But the Night has adapted to walking on what is left, and today feels quite good. When Victor approaches, the cow stretches her muzzle under his hand, petting like a dog.
"In summer, cows are free, where they walk, they also leave their manure there. But in winter, you need to clean it. That's why we invite assistants. Even if parents and children come on the weekend, it's entertainment for them, communication with animals, and help for us. You can take a walk in the forest, graze cows," Viktor Grishin told reporters.
Victor himself has not been grazing cows for a long time - there is no time. But he watches them remotely: on the neck of the most responsible burenka, Mats, hangs a bag with a cell phone connected to a tracking program. The dog Gita also helps the owner. The mongrel perceives the herd as his flock. And she herself is the leader in it: she can cuddle up to cows, or maybe bark properly when young bulls are naughty or go into the wilds of the forest. Victor says that he did not apply any special cynological knowledge in relation to Gita: the smart dog understands everything perfectly well.
Grishins don't live well: they sell manure and hay. Victor knows how to work with his hands, takes part-time jobs, sometimes works as a taxi driver. Besides, relatives live nearby: when it's hard, they help each other. Grishins have never earned money from milk. When it was, it was distributed to the neighbors. And now the elderly herd practically does not give milk.
"The neighbors looked at me at first," Victor laughs, they did not understand what kind of shelter it was. What for? But in seven years they got used to it. They realized that we are normal people. Now we help each other. And the locals don't ask any more questions."
Now Ladybug is a big community: the cows have guardians, there are people who help the Grishin family. Among the custodians of cows, in addition to representatives of Russia, there are also residents of France and Great Britain. Someone donates the entire amount every month (about 12 thousand rubles are needed for one cow), and some unite two, three or four people and "feed" the cow collectively.
There are also amazing philanthropists here. As the head of the family told reporters, one famous Moscow dentist, an Indian, calls before important events and asks not only to feed his cow, but also to explain aloud to her who the gift is from. Then, according to the faith of the Hindus, the nursing person (even remotely) will be fine.
Photos from Viktor Grishin's personal archive.
On the afternoon of October 10, the emergency services of Veliky Novgorod received a message about a fire in an apartment building. When the fire and rescue units arrived at the scene, they saw smoke coming from the windows of the 4th floor, and a woman with children was standing on the balcony," Moscow 24 journalists told.
The fire occurred in the children's room and covered ten square meters. To put out the fire, it took the help of six cars and more than twenty employees of the fire and rescue unit No. 3 of Veliky Novgorod, among whom was Valery Zelyukin.
According to him, in order to get into the burning apartment, they had to connect breathing apparatus. In order for them to go inside with a water barrel, the door to the apartment had to be opened. And at this time, the driver of the car ladder laid it out to the balcony window, the firefighter went upstairs to help the victims get down.
"Black smoke was pouring out of the window, a mother with many children was standing on the balcony. The sofa was on fire in the children's room, the smoke was so strong that she had no way to get out. At first we wanted to take her and the children down the street, but the children are very small, one, three and four years old, so it was problematic to take them down the stairs. We decided to take the family out through the apartment," said Valery Zelyukin, an employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Squad commander Anton Kuhlevsky started extinguishing the fire, while the rest continued to search for victims. When it became clear that there was no one else in the apartment except the mother and children, the firefighters went out onto the balcony.
"My colleague Vladimir Podyapolsky calmed the children and the mother, took off his breathing apparatus, put it on his mother, put the rescue device on her youngest daughter, handed them to our comrade Anton Kuhlevsky, who took people out into the fresh air. Then they put the rescue device on the older girl, connected her to my device, and I took her out to the stairwell, where there was no smoke. Then he returned to pick up the remaining child, all according to the same scheme," Valery Zelyukin shares his memories.
And then the woman tells the rescuers that there are cats and a dog in the apartment. Without hesitation, Valery went back to look for pets.
"I returned to the apartment, the fire was already extinguished by that time and the smoke more or less began to dissipate. The guys and I started looking for animals, I found one cat in the kitchen under the table, took it out to the stairwell and at that moment the second cat ran out - I caught it, took them to the hostess. And this moment Andrei Ilyin found the dog, picked it up and also carried it to the owner," says Valery.
On the way, the dog bit his savior, apparently out of joy. But there was a "surprise" waiting for firefighters on the street. The woman reported that there is a third cat in the house. When Valery Zelyukin went up to the apartment, he began to look for the tailed one. But he did not return alone, catching a cat that was hiding in the children's room under the bed, Valery also took out an aquarium with a turtle. Thanks to the speed and bravery of the Novgorod rescuers, no people, animals, or reptiles were injured in this fire.
Photos of the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Veliky Novgorod