Colleagues, friends, and animal rescue organizations are mourning Canadian military veteran and animal rescue volunteer Jesse Adams who was reportedly killed in a drone attack while evacuating animals in war-torn eastern Ukraine.
Adams, who co-founded RainCoast Dog Rescue Society on Vancouver Island, B.C., died from injuries he sustained after an Oct. 25 drone attack near Kramatorsk, according to Ukraine-based Animal Rescue Kharkiv.
The organization said a Russian first-person-view drone struck the windshield of an evacuation vehicle shortly after rescued animals had been loaded aboard. Adams was seriously injured and died in a nearby hospital despite undergoing emergency surgery.
“Jesse joined our teams at Animal Rescue Kharkiv, travelling to front-line communities to save animals and help people,” the organization said….