Help My Critters Get Home

Hello friends!

As you may know, in late 2019 I suffered a traumatic event that cost my family and I 20,000$USD to fight against. The PTSD and unsafe situation for my animals and I trapped abroad has not changed even if we temporarily won the fight. When COVID-19 struck my family suffered the loss of my grandmother, and still trapped abroad, I could not even attend the small socially-distanced gathering my family shared together.

I am not safe, I cannot overcome the trauma while stuck in the same house and country it occurred in, and I badly miss my family. On top of all of that, COVID-19 mailing restrictions have put a damper on my main job of forwarding packages overseas. I have been taking Pet Portrait commissions to make up the lost revenue, but it is a struggle, as it is for many people across the globe.

I want to spend 2021 with my family and attempting to recover from my trauma-induced PTSD. I have managed to save up some of the money needed to go home, but the large cost of bringing my five animals with me is staggering. I would have to paint 70+ pets in order to pay it off.

Therefore I am starting this GoFundMe to pay for my five pets' plane tickets home. This is a journey of over 6000 miles. I do not know if i will be able to raise this huge amount, but any help will do and I can try to paint more pets to make up any difference I am unable to raise.

The breakdown:
--3 ferrets (Snickerdoodle, Moo and Peregrin Dook/Pippin): 2000$
--1 cat (Tira the Former Stray): 400$
--1 dog (Pirozhki the Border Collie): 400$
--Airline-approved crates for all five animals: 400$

Yes, exotic animals do cost that much more.

Thank you for reading this story even if you cannot support it financially and please consider sharing it to anyone you know who loves animals and may want to help five fly to a safer home. Stay safe!