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- Dr. Galia Melman Shalev received the WSAVA 2026 Welfare Award for rescuing pets after the October 7 massacre.
- She stayed in Moshav Ein HaBesor near Gaza to treat animals trapped in burned homes and wounded.
- She and husband Ziv loaded supplies and converted a stable into an emergency animal shelter.
- In Eilat, she ran a three-month improvised clinic at the Royal Beach Hotel, treating hundreds of evacuee pets.
