<p>A hero vet is crossing into Ukraine to rescue animals trapped in the conflict - including a dog with a bullet lodged in her spine and a pygmy goat with diseased legs.</p><p>Jakub Kotowicz, 32, made a trip into the warzone last week as part of a convoy from Przemyśl on the Polish border.</p><p>In the past fortnight, he has rescued around 200 cats and 60 dogs from Lviv, in three convoys.</p><p>Rescued pets recovering from the trauma included a Sphinx cat dressed in a knitted jumper who loves to cuddle, and a Chihuahua puppy rescued with its mum.</p><p>Jakub plans to keep a pygmy goat kid, named Sasha, which was rescued from Lviv aged two months.</p><p>Sasha shares a soft bed with the Chihuahuas and will be kept as a pet by the vets at the ADA Foundation, an animal rescue charity Jakub founded aged 17 years old.</p><p>It also has a private veterinary clinic, but the non-profit organisation is dependent on donations.</p><p>So far £60,000 has been raised by Nick Tadd, 55, who is in Poland indefinitely after leaving Guildford, Surrey, to help with animal rescue missions.</p><p>The charity has ambitious plans to buy another ambulance and convert a pizza shop into a place for rescued animals to be kept as well as packing a warehouse with supplies.</p><p>Some of the animals have been so badly injured they were put to sleep but an intensive rehabilitation process means many will be re-homed across Europe - and a couple of cats have already been reunited with their Ukrainian owners.</p><p>Jakub set off from Poland at noon on Tuesday and returned at 3 am and says he has not slept for five days.</p><p>Brits who want to help with the animal welfare situation are encouraged to rehome a Polish pet, in order to make space for Ukrainian animals at rescue centres.</p>
