8 April 2020
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, working horses, donkeys and mules are still providing an essential role in ensuring communities in developing countries still have access to food, water and medical transport.
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7 April 2020
In Brooke countries of operation, animal health practitioners are still delivering essential services to animals and communities, despite severe constraints.
7 April 2020
Brooke is marking World Health Day by reiterating a call for a global ban on the trade of donkey skins and a crackdown on cross-border smuggling of donkeys for their skins.
1 April 2020
Brooke’s mission to improve the worldwide welfare of working horses, donkeys and mules was featured within the latest edition of the prestigious Parliamentary Review, which is distributed to over 500,000 key business executives and policy makers in the UK.
6 March 2020
Writing for #InternationalWomensDay, Clare Twelvetrees is Brooke’s Director of Strategy and Performance. She has worked in the development sector for over 15 years, working previously as interim CEO for the Cherie Blair foundation for Women.
5 March 2020
The International Coalition for Working Equids (ICWE) hosted an event at the United Nations Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) in Zimbabwe at the end of February.
26 February 2020
Social media stars Teddy the Shetland and This Esme are supporting Brooke’s first ever Donkey Dash on Sunday 12 July at Highfield Farm, the home of the prestigious Wellington Horse Trials in Hook, Hampshire.
25 February 2020
On 24 February, the Kenyan government announced a ban on the slaughter of donkeys in Kenya, after being presented with a petition by donkey owners who marched to the Cabinet Secretary’s office.
19 February 2020
International animal welfare charities Brooke and The Donkey Sanctuary took their donkey skin trade campaigns to the Queen Sofia Foundation in Madrid Spain last month, alongside a group of Spanish NGOs.
18 February 2020
Traditional Chinese medicine manufacturer Dong-E-E-Jiao is reported to have donated over £100,000 worth of ‘Ejiao’ to several Chinese hospitals in a bid to treat and prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, officially named COVID - 19.