Helping stray animals in Lutsk

For many years, Naturewatch Foundation assisted the Lutsk Municipality with their stray animal management programme to ensure it is humane and sustainable. 

This extensive list of state-of-the-art veterinary equipment that your generous donations have helped to purchase means homeless animals are being well cared for and treated at the Lutsk municipal shelter.

An operating table that is portable and fully adjustable Autoclave to sterilise instruments before surgery Adjustable LED surgery lamp to aid vision during operations Bacterial lamp to assist with identifying bacterial, fungal or parasitic infections Electric scales to ensure correct dosage is administered to animals Drip/infusion stand to assist with administering fluids during surgical procedures Electric coagulator to make precise incisions during surgery with limited blood loss

• Needle holder to assist with the stitching up of wounds
• Forceps for compressing the end of an artery during surgery
• Medicine cupboard that is secure and accessible only by the veterinarian
• Portable utility table with drawers to keep instruments clean, organised and easily accessible
• Rolls of dissolvable stitching material
• Endoscope to diagnose digestive tract conditions
• Otoscope to diagnose ear conditions
• Ophthalmoscope to diagnose eye conditions
• Microscope
• Diagnostic lamp
• New cages for the animal ambulance as the ones they were using were homemade
• Catching equipment that is humane, causing minimal anxiety to the animals
• Commercial walk-in freezer

We know and you know who you are – on behalf of everyone at Naturewatch Foundation and our colleagues in Ukraine, we’d like to say a huge THANK YOU!!