Here's What We've Achieved Together for Working Animals in 2020 So Far!
At Animal Aid Abroad, our supporters, members and donors are the lifeblood of our organisation. As we all know, 2020 has been a chaotic, stressful and unpredictable year for everyone. Whilst facing many significant challenges resulting from the global pandemic, thanks to YOU and our partner groups, we have still been able to make an incredible impact for working animals.
Together, we have provided many thousands of working animals with essential veterinary care, fresh drinking water, humane harnesses, blankets, padding and feed. Emergency call outs and rescue of injured, abused or neglected working animals have continued on, despite major lockdowns. We have still reached thousands of people with education on proper animal care and welfare, thereby creating long-term improvements in working animals' lives.
This year has been a tough one but we wanted to share these positive results with you today, as our way of saying THANK YOU for continuing to support AAA's crucial work and for the enormous difference you are making for working animals in need around the globe.
What We've Achieved Together for Working Animals from January to June, 2020:
20,847 working animals (including donkeys, camels, cattle, shepherd dogs, mares, stallions, mules, sheep, goats and poultry) provided with essential veterinary care
593 mobile veterinary clinics conducted
428 emergency call outs
152 working animals rescued
95 major and minor surgeries performed in the field
8 veterinary assistants educated
300 equines attended to by a farrier
41 water troughs distributed
14,160 animals benefitted from the distribution of fresh drinking water (including working donkeys, mules and horses, buffalo, cows, bulls, street dogs, goats, monkeys, peacocks, blue bulls, wild boars, foxes and wild birds)
1251 blankets, keens/soft back padding and nasal protectors provided for working equines
303 humane harnesses made and/or padded for working animals
327 cart reflectors and plastic nose pegs distributed for working camels
22 humane carts for working donkeys in use
130 donkeys, mules and ponies in India + stray donkeys in 71 villages in Kurdistan being fed during COVID-19 lockdown
9794 people or families directly benefitting from working animals
161 villages directly benefitting from working animals
206 educational sessions held for adults or children (including harnessing training, animal welfare, changing mindsets and teaching respect, love and care for animals)
9 schools visited for humane education (less than usual due to COVID-19 lockdown)
6314 children and adults reached via humane education
Over 1 million members of the general public reached regarding humane handling, care and treatment of animals via multimedia strategies (radio, posters etc.)
59 rescued animals being sponsored by Animal Aid Abroad supporters
