The Dogs of Chernobyl [Very Special Episodes]
Disorganized Crime: Smuggler's Daughter
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4.2 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
When Russia invaded Ukraine, hundreds of starving dogs were trapped inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. For years, Oregon-based veterinarian Dr. Jenn Betz had been their lifeline. Now, with Putin’s troops occupying the site, she had only one thought: How do I get back there?
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| 0:47.3 | Jen Betts's phone starts buzzing. |
| 0:50.7 | At first, it's just a couple of notifications. |
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| 0:58.8 | I woke up at five o'clock or so in the morning with my phone just going off crazy, boom, boom, boom. |
| 1:08.8 | Half asleep, she reaches for her phone and scrolls through the flood of texts. |
| 1:15.2 | It's February 24th, 2022. |
| 1:18.9 | Everybody was texting and saying, you know, Russia had just invaded Ukraine. |
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| 1:26.7 | Ukraine is like her second home. |
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