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Free training benefits donkeys in poor Bangladeshi communities
Image by Donkey Sanctuary Press Images
Free training benefits donkeys in poor Bangladeshi communities
PRESS RELEASE from The Donkey Sanctuary
8 November 11
Donkeys in south east Bangladesh are benefiting from a second round of free training and advice being offered to their owners this month by international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary.
The charity’s team from neighbouring India is working with the owners to improve the welfare of donkeys in the area’s poor village communities. Donkeys are a vital means of transport in this area, where often the only route to take crops to market is along steep, narrow, mountain pathways. Helping communities take better care of their donkeys will also help the communities work their way out of poverty.
The training offered by The Donkey Sanctuary is part of a wider project working with Helen Keller International (HKI) and Bangladeshi organisation SHIREE, to reduce the extreme poverty experienced by the Chatma farming communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh.
Earlier this year, The Donkey Sanctuary team spent four days with 26 women from four separate villages who are responsible for the welfare of the donkeys in their community. The charity provided practical training on how to look after their donkeys including advice on feeding, shelter and health care. They spent time working with the women, developing harnesses and techniques for the safe transportation of heavy loads. Local vets and animal health providers were also given training on the treatment and prevention of common conditions in donkeys.
Joe Anzuino, The Donkey Sanctuary’s Head of International Veterinary Services, reflects on this first round of training and explains the benefit that donkeys bring to these communities:
“Many of these women cannot read or write, but knew a lot about keeping their animals and had a natural empathy for them. The team were able to build upon this knowledge and, using practical exercises and pictures, develop the skills and understanding necessary for looking after donkeys well, including what to feed donkeys, how to house them, and the best types of harness for the work they’d be doing.
“Although The Donkey Sanctuary does not promote the use of donkeys, we do appreciate the contribution they can make in communities such as the Chittagong Hill Tracts, where the only alternative way of transporting goods to market is for people to carry them themselves. The priority for us is always the welfare of the donkey, so our message in everything we say and do is that treating donkeys well is not only right, but the best way to make sure they can be more comfortable in their work.”
The Donkey Sanctuary team are visiting the communities again later this month to check up on the donkeys and assist with any questions that may have arisen amongst those responsible for their care.
To find out more about the work of The Donkey Sanctuary overseas, please visit www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/overseas.
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Notes to Editor
For an interview, further information or images, please contact The Donkey Sanctuary press office on 01395 573097/573014 or mobile 07970 927778
About The Donkey Sanctuary
International animal welfare charity The Donkey Sanctuary was founded by the late Dr Elisabeth Svendsen M.B.E. in 1969 and aims to protect donkeys and mules and promote their welfare worldwide.
The Donkey Sanctuary supports projects to relieve the suffering of donkeys in 29 countries worldwide, including sanctuaries across Europe, where more than 14,500 donkeys and mules have been cared for, and major projects in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Mexico, where donkey welfare is improved through community education and veterinary work.
Any donation, no matter how small, is gratefully received by The Donkey Sanctuary and one of the best ways to support the charity into the future is to give regularly by direct debit.
For further information telephone: 01395 578222, view www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk or visit the charity’s headquarters near Sidmouth in Devon (open 365 days/free admission).
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Image by sillydog
I like these happy cows, even though they are both missing teeth. I feel they should be holding a milkshake between them, or a rotating display of butter busts.
They are instead emblematic of the probelm w/ these animals being produced conventionally. That warning is not for your benefit. They're afraid you and your filthy offspring will give the animals something that can spread like wildfire in a stressed and confined population.
The handwashing is for you and the food vendors.
Camel care
Image by The U.S. Army
U.S. Army Capt. Jill Lynn and Community Animal Health Worker Mohammed Isaq, second from the left, work together to treat a young camel during a six day Veterinarian Civil Action Program in Negele, Ethiopia, Aug. 23. More than 25 thousand chickens, cattle, camels and donkeys received multi-vitamin injections and were treated for various parasitic diseases. Photo by: Capt. Jennifer Pearson
