“They saved my life so I want to save as many of them as I possibly can,' Tom said about the thousands of animals he's rescued from around the world, including war-torn Ukraine.
. Now he's in the U.S. to raise awareness for his non-profit to help save more animals across the globe.
With tactical gear and a small team, Tom has helped save more than 10,000 abandoned animals from the most volatile parts of Ukraine since the onset of the war. "Quite frequently we have to go in between the Ukrainians and Russians to get the animals, which means while we’re extracting the animals all of the artillery and bombs are just basically going above us, so we’re just in the middle basically of a massive firefight and we’re just getting the animals," Tom said.
"The animals are living on the street because their owners have been killed or forced to evacuate the only way you can describe it is atrocious, it's an all-out war. It's like nothing we've seen since World War II."
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