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For over 100 years, we have worked with a local partner in Morocco to support working animals and the communities who depend on them.

We provide essential veterinary care to horses, donkeys, mules and camels through our fixed centres in Chemaia, Khemisset, Had Ouled Frej, Casablanca and Marrakech, and our mobile clinics that travel to more remote communities. We also support working animal owners through information and community training so they can develop the knowledge and skills to look after the working animals they depend on.

Additionally, we reach schoolchildren with lessons to promote animal welfare and provide teacher training through continual professional development workshops.

And in times of crisis, our team in Morocco responds to emergencies, supporting animals and communities affected by disasters such as recent flooding and the 2023 earthquake.

Photograph taken by Abdellah Azizi and Badr.

We have worked with our local partner in Zimbabwe since 2013 to provide essential veterinary assistance and to drive improvements in working animal welfare across some of the most rural regions of the county.

Our work includes operating mobile clinics in a large number of districts across Zimbabwe, including Beitbridge, Chivi, Gokwe, Tsholotsho, to help working donkeys and their communities.

We engage schoolchildren through our PAWS (Promoting Animal Welfare and Sustainability) clubs, and provide bespoke information with community members who they can make choices that improve the welfare of the animals in their care.

And we have been piloting disaster risk reduction programmes in Zimbabwe, helping communities to prepare and plan for events such as droughts and floods.

Photograph by Charmaine Chitate in Zimbabwe.

We have partnered with Addis Ababa University’s College of Veterinary Medicine since 2003 to improve the welfare of working animals in Ethiopia. Through this collaboration, the team provides essential veterinary assistance to working animals at their centre in Bishoftu, as well as a series of mobile clinics in collaboration with government veterinarians. We have also partnered with the University of Gondar since 2021 to provide a clinical skills centre for veterinary students to gain practical skills in working animal welfare, and a mobile veterinary clinic to visit communities in the local area.

The team also engage in clinical activity to treat and respond to the life threatening and infection disease epizootic lymphangitis, which risks the health and welfare of working animals in the region.

Our programme in Ethiopia also includes an education programme of school clubs, so children can learn about the welfare and worth of working animals and better understand the interconnectedness of animals, people and the environment.

Photograph by Maheder Haileselassie in Ethiopia.

We’ve supported working animals in India through partnerships with Help in Suffering (HIS) in Jaipur since 2015, and Action for Protection of Wild Animals (APOWA) in Odisha since 2018.

Through veterinary care, vaccinations and mobile clinics, our partners treat injuries, prevent disease and respond to emergencies. Alongside this our partners have supported working animal owners through information sharing and community training to develop their skills and knowledge in animal welfare, and have worked to provide equipment to working camels to improve their visibility on the road at night in order to reduce the likelihood of accidents.

Our programmes have also restored animal shelters, replaced traditional wooden nose pegs with safer, more hygienic plastic versions, and boosted the animal care skills of children and teachers through teacher training and education programmes.

Photograph by Harsha Vadlamani in India.