The founder of Planting Peace, Aaron Jackson, also a Good Samaritan, flew to the Poland Ukraine border to aid the refugees.
“I was basically reading news stories and seeing news footage two weeks ago when it was all starting. I saw a story about these refugees living in a train station and how it was freezing. About two hours after reading that story, I bought a plane ticket and flew over that day,” said Jackson.
The Good Samaritan had no idea he would be helping refugees rescue their pets.
“Two million people have left Ukraine, and the majority of those people are crossing into Poland, so housing has become an incredibly complex thing to find.”
“It’s even more complex when you have a cat or dog because there’s limited spaces, and not every place allows animals.”
Jackson stopped by a local animal shelter to offer help in his mission. A family approached the Good Samaritan in the shelter’s backyard. The family was walking a cocker spaniel on a leash.
The shelter director informed Jackson about the pressing situation. “They’re actually refugees and want to forfeit over their dog to us because they’re homeless and don’t have anywhere to go, and they don’t want their dog to be out in the cold.”
In less than 20 minutes, the Good Samaritan arranged pet-friendly housing for the family. The family was delighted and could not contain their happiness. Their dog, Bella, thanked Jackson by wagging her tail.
“It was really awesome the stars aligned like that,” he said.
“You have these families who have travelled 100 miles, 200 miles, to get to the border. They’ve walked 50 of those miles with a dog on their back. So if a person is willing to do that for their dog, I’m definitely not going to be the one to tell them. ‘You gotta get rid of your dog to find housing.’ I’m going to try to do anything in my power to get them into housing with their pet — especially since they’ve already given up so much already.”
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