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Direct help for sick and injured donkeys
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Reaching donkeys through community work
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The Donkey Sanctuary's international teams reach some of the hardest working donkeys in the world.
This spring we are highlighting our major project in Ethiopia, which has an enormous impact on the welfare of donkeys through veterinary work and community education, by sharing this collection of stories, photographs and videos with you.
Treatment and compassion for Iou
By Suzi Cretney - Posted on March 8th, 2012
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When Iou (pronounced eye-yew) arrived at our veterinary clinic in Hawassa, Ethiopia, he was evidently suffering from a combination of exhaustion, injury and hunger. Worked every day transporting heavy goods to market, his handler relied on Iou to keep going so that he and his family could make ends meet. Providing vital respite for Merkato’s "donkey machines"
By Emma Gill - Posted on March 8th, 2012
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For the 3,000 donkeys that pass through Merkato Market in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa each day, our clinic provides a source of vital relief. Crippled donkeys that still work
By Dawn Vincent - Posted on March 7th, 2012
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This shocking image of a donkey with a broken leg really emphasizes the desperate situation that exists for working donkeys all over the world. This donkey was brought to our mobile clinic visiting Bejeko village by his owner Warkinner to get some follow up treatment for a hyena bite that was healing. But I couldn’t focus on his wound so much as his poor leg. "We should try our best"
By Dawn Vincent - Posted on March 7th, 2012
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At the end of my trip to Ethiopia in November last year, I wrote a blog about a donkey that was desperately ill and had to be put to sleep, and now I’ve edited a little clip of the video I took on my phone. Down in the dumps
By Dawn Vincent - Posted on March 7th, 2012
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Compared to a horse, the detection of sickness and disease in a donkey can be made more difficult by its stoical nature. Dullness and depression may be the only symptoms exhibited by a donkey, and this could be a warning of a potentially very sick animal. |
Education through work and play in Ethiopia
By Philippa Davies - Posted on August 16th, 2012
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In Ethiopia, our team in the Tigray region are forging a valuable relationship with the veterinary training college of Mekelle university. Ethiopia has a good network of government-employed vets based at clinics in rural areas, but their training doesn’t include donkey medicine. Tumme and Bukke's working day
By Philippa Davies - Posted on March 30th, 2012
Tumme Konton, her husband Sisay and their children live in a tiny settlement called Adankonsole, near the small market town of Soguba, not far from the Kenyan border in Ethiopia. Abraham finds a love for donkeys
By Philippa Davies - Posted on March 15th, 2012
When asked who in his big family works the hardest, twelve-year-old Abraham says, “the donkey”. It’s true – his mum Birtukan, his dad Tilahun, he and his brothers and sisters, and their grandparents, all rely on one donkey to make a living. They use the donkey to pull a cart, delivering essential goods such as firewood and water around their neighbourhood. Pulling together for donkeys
By Philippa Davies - Posted on March 8th, 2012
Donkey-drawn carts are used in many areas of Ethiopia to transport vital goods such as firewood, water and building materials. All too often these carts are makeshift affairs, with shafts that lie heavily across the donkey’s back, causing painful chafing wounds. Watch our amazing short film about our work with cart donkeys. Improving access to veterinary treatment
By Philippa Davies - Posted on March 7th, 2012
Ethiopia is one of the biggest countries in Africa and has Africa's largest population of cattle, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys. The rain falling on its mountainous central highland plateau provides 75% of the Nile's water, but it also has extensive arid lowland plains. |
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Reaching out to the world's most willing servants
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Our Founder, Dr Elisabeth Svendsen, in one of her autobiographies said "Despite their huge contribution to human welfare as an all-terrain vehicle with practically zero running costs, the welfare of donkeys is often neglected". |
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