SPANA cares for the working animals of the world, providing free veterinary treatment, educating owners in animal welfare and responding to emergencies. But we aren’t an ordinary animal charity - when you help us care for a donkey, horse or other working animal, you’re helping the people who depend on them too. Learn more or Donate.

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The Animal Welfare Awards of Imili

And the animal welfare award for the best kept mule goes to...

Hollywood may be preparing to roll out the red carpet, but in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco an annual ceremony of a different sort took place last week, the SPANA animal welfare awards for the Best Kept Mules.

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Amina happy in her new home.  One lucky donkey.

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There are over 100 million working animals in the developing world and many of these suffer with malnutrition, exhaustion, disease or injury in the course of their working lives. Learn how you can help working with SPANA.

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