People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA, takes a lot of flack for promoting veganism and leather alternatives, but in the past two weeks, the international animal rights organization braved bombs and gunfire to help puppies, dogs, cats, and kittens left homeless in the wake of Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine. Petya Petrova, PETA’s campaigns coordinator for eastern Europe, initially spoke to The Epoch Times on Mar. 2 while riding in a van with other animal rescuers on their way to Lviv and other surrounding towns to pick up stray and abandoned animals as well as pets and their owners and drive them back to the borders. Petrova specifically is working with Viva!, an animal sanctuary located just outside Warsaw, Poland while other PETA field operators have teamed up with shelters in other border countries. “I’m very determined to go,” Petrova, a native of Bulgaria, said, “animals do …