The story of an unusual store employee was told in February 2023 by the Klops portal. Not so long ago, the cat had to "quit" because of the requirements of the supervisory authorities. Hundreds of signatures have been collected in his support.

A flamingo chick got stuck in the snow near the Karazhanbas oil field. Public figure Azamat Sarsenbayev came to his aid, reports Zakon.kz .

The blogger told about this on his page on the social network.

- The flamingo chick has completely strayed from the flock. If he is released now, he will die, because without the help of the pack he will not be able to navigate where to fly. Weakened, he just lay in the snow. To save his life, I sheltered him at home.

A short time later, workers at the Aktau port found a second flamingo chick. And they handed it over to Azamat. Flamingos have settled in the bathroom.

- Fortunately, I have shrimp, sea bass, carp and crucian in the freezer. I put all these seafood in a blender, mixed it with water and fed it," Azamat continues. - Have you ever seen how flamingos feed? The chick got stronger overnight, happily eats chopped carrots and shrimps diluted with plain drinking water. The fact that he started eating is already a good sign, so he is not sick.

Azamat Sarsenbayev says that this year the flamingos in Kazakhstan were a little late in-flight time.

- I have never seen them stay with us until December, and in such huge numbers, - said the flamingo lover. - If we are lucky and the flock is still in Karakol, then I will release the chick to its brothers. Otherwise, I will have to take care of it before the onset of spring.

Initially, Sarsenbayev planned to transfer the chick to a local greenhouse complex, where there are conditions for wintering birds. But they refused to accept flamingos in the nursery, fearing fines due to the ban on keeping a red book animal. As a result, the flamingo chicks agreed to shelter in the Almaty Zoo.

Photos and videos from Azamat Sarsenbayev's personal archive

The ingenuity of the Ministry of Emergency Situations employee Yevgeny Ivashin helped to save the life of not only the dog, but also prevented his colleagues from drowning. The story happened at the end of 2023, the press service of the main Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Orel region reports. On December 23, a dog fell through the ice on one of the coastal streets of Orel. It was warm that day and the ice on the Oka River became thin. One of the locals tried to reach the whining poor dog, but he failed and did not dare to go further into the icy water. Therefore, the hostess called the rescuers and the calculation came to the call together with our hero, Yevgeny Ivashin. 

- When we arrived, it became clear that the dog was already exhausted, it did not even whine. The sagebrush was located in the center of the river and it was very difficult to get there. At first we thought to do this with the help of a lifebuoy," says Yevgeny Ivashin, "but then it turned out that the locals have a children's cheesecake, it was best suited for these purposes. We asked, the guys lent us. 

Yevgeny Ivashin says that he was sure that the ice would fail anyway, the idea seemed too risky. The Oka River is fast and deep, the ice is thin and unpredictable.  

- In order not to be responsible for the consequences and possible harm to health for the personnel, I decided to do everything myself, - continues Yevgeny. - I tied myself with a rope, lay down on the tubing, which, by the way, is great for such purposes, and crawled. Strangely enough, the ice withstood the cheesecake, me and the dog. We got back safely. We handed the poor dog over to the owners, and they wrapped it in a blanket and took home alive. 

Yevgeny Ivashin himself does not see anything outstanding in this act, he says, is his most ordinary job really worth such special attention. 

The most common job is to save those who are in trouble. 

Photos of the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Orel region

In the small village Yantarny, which is located on the shores of the Baltic Sea, local residents united in a movement of animal rights activists called “Amber Hearts” and began to purposefully help tailed animals in trouble, 39bereg reports. The ideological inspirer and the main driving force is Ekaterina Golyarskaya, a resident of Yantarny.

As a child, little Katya brought home stray animals, not only cats, but also sparrows, pigeons and even crows. All the unfortunate animals, having fallen into the hands of the girl Katya, got a chance to escape.

When Ekaterina Golyarskaya took the first street cat to the vet three years ago, she did not think that this would result in a volunteer movement.

- I took the first cat in Yantarny near one of the houses, they lived there for five years, she was fed by local residents, - says Ekaterina, - The cat had a stormy personal life: several times a year she brought kittens. The feline family grew exponentially. I took the cat for sterilization, and at the same time took her red kitten to the vet, he was clearly ill with something. I kept the cat and kitten for a while, and then I put them in good hands.

It was with this feline couple that the volunteer animal movement in Yantarny began. Now volunteers are taking stray cats and cats off the street, taking them to a veterinary clinic, where the animals are sterilized.

Where to get information about abandoned and stray cats - in three years, volunteers have been found out not only in Yantarny, but also in neighboring villages. Therefore, local residents often call the guys or write messages asking them to pick up the cats. While the mustachioed and striped ones are looking for new owners, volunteers, as a rule, keep them at home.

The services of a veterinarian are paid for at the expense of funds that are collected for these purposes. Someone from the local transfers money, someone brings food and fillers for cat trays. The volunteers are happy to receive any help. For example, old bed linen is suitable for animal bedding. According to the most conservative estimates, during their work, volunteers from Amber Hearts found more than three hundred cats on the streets.

Photos from Ekaterina Golyarskaya's personal archive