Especially for this, Natalia and Alexander Ivanov moved to the Volkhovsky district from St. Petersburg, bought a house and devoted their lives to helping animals, PRO-TV tells.

The couple founded a real shelter in their yard "Good House of Bussido". 

- We have 26 dogs now. We find animals and bring them to us from different cities and regions," says Natalia Ivanova, founder of the Good House of Bussido shelter. - We mostly have dogs who have suffered from human cruelty or who have fallen into some difficult conditions, who have been injured. Old animals that have served their service and become unnecessary to their owners.

Vanya is one of the wards of the shelter — a three-year-old dog, who has been living in the shelter since May. He was found with a bullet wound on the riverbank in Kirovsk. The dog's paw was shattered. Two expensive surgeries, plates in the injured limb and long-term rehabilitation are behind us. He's on the mend now. Very soon, even if he limps, he will be able to run on all fours.

Each dog has its own character, but all have one thing in common — they need care and attention. Most of the animals are elderly, with serious illnesses or injuries. They were abandoned to their fate by their owners, with whom they lived almost all their lives. 

- We feed our pets twice a day. But again, some dogs need an individual feeding schedule. This may be due to problems with the gastrointestinal tract, with the kidneys. There are special dietary feeds for them," Natalia Ivanova continues. — And rehabilitation includes various physical exercises according to a special program developed by a veterinarian.

So far, the founders of the shelter have to rely on their own strength, the help of a few volunteers and friends. Dog handlers and veterinarians respond to requests. All dogs are vaccinated, sterilized and have vet passports. 

Another project, which Natalia is currently developing, is designed to draw attention to the problem of stray dogs and increase the culture of animal treatment. It was called "Social Ecology".

But the Ivanov family does not stop there. Natalia conducts lessons in local schools, teaching children to take care of shaggy friends. Recently, we established a connection with the Donetsk shelter so that the "Good House of Bussido" would become a new home for wounded dogs from Donetsk and the special military operation zone.

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Aliya Shamsutdinova's story began on the day she was returning home after a night flight. At the airport she saw a small pigeon on the sidewalk. The bird was covered in blood, lacerations were visible. And it turned out later, there was also a traumatic brain injury. And birds have them too. Afraid to take the pigeon in her hands, Aliya found a box, gloves and returned for the feathered one.  

• People passing by threw bread to the pigeon, which he did not eat for obvious reasons. When a person has such wounds, a traumatic brain injury, they help him, not feed him. Any living being needs the same thing," says Aliya Shamsutdinova.  - I went to the clinic, where the pigeon underwent surgery. A flap of skin was sewn and the eyelid was returned to its place. I gave him medicine and taught him how to fly. The doctors said it was a baby bird and couldn't do anything yet. 

But feathered's misadventures did not end there. A week later the bird got worse, the eye was festering, although the new savior provided all the treatment to her ward. After two weeks of torment Aliya went to the veterinarians again. And it turned out that the veterinary clinic did not put on a special protective collar for the pigeon.  

• The doctor looked and said that the bird had scratched its eye and therefore things were bad, it was necessary to put a protective collar. He had a second operation and said that the eye could not be saved," Aliya continues her story.  - All this treatment cost $ 300, which eventually turned out to be ineffective. So I took the bird home and arranged with a private shelter.

Now the feathered one lives in the Belarusian shelter “Bird Yard” for permanent residence and his maintenance is paid by the savior Aliya. Although the pigeon remained a one-eyed pirate, but thanks to human kindness, it lives happily among its relatives.

Photo from Aliya Shamsutdinova's personal archive