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Last year, the Brooke cared for
650,000 horses, donkeys and mules in countries ranging from India to
Pakistan, Ethiopia to Afghanistan, Israel to Guatemala, and Jordan to
Egypt. Mobile ambulances costing £16,000 each send out veterinary
teams to help animals, many of whom have collapsed with sheer
exhaustion and dehydration at the side of the road, unable to go any
further.
The Brooke sees education and
training local people as a vital part of its work. In most cases,
injury and illness is caused because of poverty and ignorance and
superstitious beliefs. The Brooke teams have a number of opportuntiies
to carry this out.
- When they are tending a sick or injured animal, the vet teams talk
to the owners to give them advice on how to take care of them.
- The Brooke send community health animal advocates, who hold
sessions in villages to give instruction and advice as to how to tend
to animals and look after them
- Initiatives such as Donkey Radio in Kenya, whereby locals
can listen into a radio station and hear advice and tips on caring for
their animals.
How can you contribute to this effort?
Well, there are a number of things you can do. Here are two of them:
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Buy a gift for a loved one. The Brooke Shop has an amazing array of presents you can buy, such as:
- Paying for a roadside rescue
- Training a community animal health worker
- Paying for a vet for a day
- Buying a water trough, fly fringe, a happy haness pack or healthy eating month
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Exhausted after
a long hard day
Photo above
Copyright The Brooke Hospital for Animals
Brooke vet treating a horse,
photo copyright Dan Abrahams
The Brooke
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You can make a BIG difference to
animals overseas.
Many charities have an international reach. While
you're having a drink in the pub in Scotland, your gift to a charity or to a loved one could be helping animals on the other side of the world.
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