expanding our reach: assisting donkeys used for construction work in india
Friendicoes - one of our partner groups in India - treated an astonishing 870 working equines in December through their mobile vet clinic.
Thanks to your heartfelt donations, they now also have the capacity to assist donkeys who are used to carry construction materials for high rise buildings.
Mobile Veterinary Clinic
Your generous donations are now providing enough funding so Friendicoes can provide essential care for working donkeys in addition to horses. They are focusing on assisting donkeys used to carry construction materials like bricks up and down the stairs of high rise buildings. It is arduous and treacherous work, so these animals are particularly vulnerable to accidents, injuries and overwork.
Conditions treated in working donkeys and other equines during December included:
Colic
Wound dressings
Lameness
Deworming
Digestion problems
Vaccinations
Skin infections / allergy
Infectious diseases
Dental problems
Farrier cases
Some cases are outlined are below:
Colic
Involves frequent lying down and getting up.
Can be caused by impaction.
Pain killers administered and fluid therapy started.
Laxatives given via stomach tube.
Symptoms are relived with medicine.
Road accident
Whilst working on a road, this donkey had an accident with a vehicle.
Led to a lacerated wound on the hoof coronet.
The wound was cleaned with antiseptics.
Antibiotics, pain killers and a tetanus vaccine were given.
Multiple wounds
This poor donkey had an accident on a construction site and fell down some stairs.
Sustained multiple wounds on body.
The wounds were cleaned with antiseptics and dressed.
Antibiotics, pain killers and a tetanus vaccine were administered.
Lacerated wound on chest
A rope was tightly applied to this horse’s chest, resulting in a severe lacerated wound.
The wound was cleaned with antiseptics and dressed.
Antibiotics, a tetanus vaccine and pain killers were provided.
Thigh wound
Injury caused by an iron object.
Resulted in severe lameness.
The wound was cleaned with antiseptics and dressed.
Antibiotics, pain killers and a tetanus vaccine were administered.
Eye injury
Injury caused by head collar resulting in corneal opacity.
Eye was cleaned with saline and eye drops were administered.
Rescues
Mare
A mare was rescued from Gadoli village.
She was abandoned by the side of a road.
Suffering with a joint infection and was extremely malnourished.
She has now been rescued and brought to Friendicoes’ shelter.
Donkey
A donkey was rescued from Gurugram.
She had also been abandoned.
Suffering from severe lameness.
She was rescued and brought to the sanctuary.
Paravet Program
During December, paravets Om, Sakir, Salman, Jaheer, Nabab and newcomer Arsh, provided follow-up care for 444 working equines.
We could not continue reaching more working animals around the globe without your vital support. Thank you for your compassion for these animals and for bringing essential care and kindness to their lives.