14-year-old Mukhtar, whom locals nicknamed Hachiko, died the day before, writes RBC with reference to the local public "Overheard Yalta".

At the end of May district policeman Artur Egizarov was returning by car to his home from the city of Mirny. And suddenly, on the side of the road he noticed a moose calf literally falling from its feet. Arthur is well acquainted with the wild animal world and immediately determined that the calf was recently born. 

— The calf was exhausted, it was a girl, she was no longer even standing on her feet, but sitting. Wild animals should not be touched, mom may be nearby. I looked around, saw traces of blood and struggle, realized that she was alone, so I took her into the car, — said Artur Egizarov. 

Arriving in the village where the Yakut district policeman lived and worked temporarily on a business trip, he settled the calf in an aviary instead of his dog. And then the question arose what to feed her.

— The baby wouldn't have lived until morning without food, she's a newborn. But there is no goat's milk. I took a boat and sailed down the river at night to a neighboring village, to swim 30 kilometers, but I got food for the baby," says Arthur.

The next day, he went to the ill-fated place with the hunters. Artur Egizarov works as a district commissioner of the OMVD police of Russia in the Mirninsky district and often catches poachers. Therefore, I thought that it was the poachers who worked so bloodthirstily. But it became clear from the tracks in the forest that the moose and another calf were killed by a bear. Usually bears crush babies and only then risk attacking an adult. But, as our hero told us, the baby's life was saved by her mother, who, apparently, stood up for the protection of children. 

Artur Egizarov, a 27-year-old junior police lieutenant, was a volunteer before working in law enforcement agencies. He says he saved both people and animals. Therefore, he sheltered the calf without a doubt. He recently got married and named the rescued moose after his wife Svetlana. The girl herself now lives in the reserve "Living Diamonds of Yakutia" and does not need anything. 

— The village where I lived is called Svetloye, my wife is Svetlana and now my furry friend is too, shares Artur Egizarov. — That's such a bright story turned out.

Photo from the personal archive of Arthur Egizarov

In Lipetsk four-legged friends help disabled children

The girls traded gadgets and dates for cats and dogs.

Every month, the Timonin family — dad, mom, twin sisters Sasha and Tanya - load dozens of kilograms of animal feed into the car and go to Ryazan, where the Zveropolis shelter is located. It is 60 kilometers to get to it from the small town of Mikhailov, where the family lives. The path is not close, but it is the nearest place where you can help homeless animals, writes Dobro.Journal.

About 60 dogs and 20 cats live in the Ryazan "Zveropolis". The food that the family brings is collected by teenagers — 14-year-old twin sisters Sasha and Tanya. At school they tell teachers, students and their parents about the shelter. And for good reason, many respond and give the girls food packages.

Why are teenagers looking for food for stray animals instead of playing with friends? Why are parents being persuaded to take another kitty home from the shelter, rather than buy a new gadget? That's what  the twins' mother Maria told the journalists :

"Animals are the pain of our family. For as long as I can remember, we've always had dog cats, often maimed."

And sisters Sasha and Tanya have known about volunteering since childhood, their mother is a curator of the youth movement. Now the Timonins have two dogs, a cat and two cats who were taken from the shelter. Some of the stories in this family are related to human cruelty towards animals.
For example, Felix, the missing cat, was found two years later with a severed nose. 

"When I see an injured animal, I feel disgusted with the people who did it," Sasha says. "I think it's unfair that dogs and cats have such a hard life on the street."

Other student volunteers joined the girls in their hometown. During the year, they collected 540 kilograms of feed, 15 beds and 40 packs of filler for trays. The parents of the students learned that Timonins help animals. Now, when they meet a stray cat or dog on the street, they immediately call their mother. 

But the Timonin family does not stop there, because collecting food is not enough — the shelter needs new aviaries. To find funds the Timonins wrote a project and applied for the International Volunteer Award, which is how Sasha Timonina's House of Hope appeared. And the noble grant will very soon have 8 new aviaries in the Ryazan "Zveropolis". 

Now Sasha and Tanya dream that there will also be a shelter in their hometown and there will be fewer mutilated and abandoned animals on the streets.