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- “Fetch the anaesthetist!”: Practical surgery sessions in Morocco
- 10 Benefits of Shopping Local
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- A better tomorrow for working animals
- A child’s dream of becoming a vet
- A day in the life of an animal welfare educator: Diana
- A Day in the Life of SPANA Vet Ai
- A Day in the Life of SPANA Vet Intern Sayma
- A day in the life: Victoria
- A fond farewell to the Spana supporter’s Zimbabwe tour
- A guide to bridles
- A Guide to the Parts of a Harness
- A lifeline for working camels in India
- A popular destination for Jordan’s children
- A summer volunteering for Spana
- A trip to Mali
- A twist of fate for horse and vet
- A vet’s first impressions of Ethiopia
- A week volunteering in Chemaia
- A year to remember: 2019 finances
- An average day in Chemaia
- An update from Ethiopia: Our emergency feeding programme
- An update from Myanmar’s working elephants camps
- Ann Widdecombe visits Mauritania with Spana
- Arifa’s limp threatens her future
- Being a veterinary volunteer in Marrakech
- Best Vegetarian Sweets for Christmas
- Big Knit: Bulo’s tale and our horse knitting pattern
- Big Knit: Hani’s tale and our donkey knitting pattern
- Big Knit: Keeping oxen fit and healthy
- Big Knit: Wadh’s tale and our camel knitting pattern
- Bringing you an update from Jordan
- Caring for camels in India
- Celebrating the women of Spana
- Change is happening in Mauritania
- Comfortable harnesses can make all the difference
- Community training in Ethiopia
- Concentrating on the tusk in hand
- COVID-19 update
- Day in the life: Dr Hanna Zewdu, Ethiopia Project Leader
- Did you realise how important animals are in Mongolia?
- Donkey nutrition – making Samba stronger
- Education and training for the next generation of teachers
- Education update: Kebeh’s compassion towards animals
- El Medina’s hard fall
- Elaine Fairfax’s Guest Blog: Animal friends pet insurance
- Elephant facts and FAQs
- Elephant Pregnancy Facts
- Equine charities promote welfare for working equids
- Exchanging Zrika’s painful donkey harness
- Fighting the donkey skin trade
- Food, glorious food: The impact of drought on working animals
- Forever Ye’ Aung
- Fundraising ideas for the International Day of Charity
- Getting a filly feeling better
- Gita weathers a dangerous storm
- Give in celebration to Spana
- Help at last for Costa Rica’s hardworking horses
- Help working animals while you shop
- Helping animals through better nutrition
- Helping Imed’s hooves at our mobile clinic
- Helping Momo – an overloaded donkey
- Helping Working Animals at the Chemaia Clinic
- Hiba’s mysterious weight loss
- How animal welfare clubs in India are changing children’s attitudes
- How Leaving a Bequest to Charity Could Make a Lasting Difference
- How to Look After Donkeys – The Basics
- How to Look After Horses: The Basics
- Improving donkey care in Kenya
- International Working Animal Day education resources
- Jeremy reflects on the impact of education
- Keeping a careful eye on Dafijeh
- Learning and veterinary care in Mauritania
- Lucky’s unlucky itch
- Mali mobile clinic receives funding
- Meet legacy supporter Anne Paul
- Meet one of our vet volunteers
- Meet Val Pierce
- Mitul’s loss of appetite
- My experiences on the first day volunteering in Chemaia
- My mother would have been overjoyed!
- New equipment that’s saving lives
- One Health
- Paul O’Grady supports Spana’s International Working Animal Day
- People in the UK are unaware of the dangers that donkeys are facing
- Protecting animals from extreme climates in Mongolia
- Protecting working animals
- Providing a lifeline for thirsty working animals
- Relieving Caleb’s pain
- Remembering Linda – Leaving a legacy
- Rescuing an orphaned foal
- Rescuing Botswana’s stray donkeys
- Rethinking Animal Welfare: A Conversation with Dr Brian Perry
- Rubbish dump donkeys
- Sami’s car collision catastrophe
- Sarie bounces back
- Saving Goloo’s sight
- Sheno’s horses get new shoes
- SPANA Announced as Charity Of The Year By KBIS British Equestrian Insurance
- Spana CEO speaks out about the donkey skin trade
- SPANA Morocco Earthquake Emergency Response – Week 1 update
- SPANA Responds To Morocco Earthquake Disaster
- Spana vets celebrated
- SPANA welcomes historic ban on deadly donkey skin trade
- SPANA welcomes progress on donkey skin trade ban
- Spana’s cutest animal of the year
- Spana’s world tea party: Tea and coffee around the world.
- Sponsor Just One Horse? You Could Sponsor a Whole Stable
- Stopping animal suffering through education
- Support SPANA this June by voting for us in the My Favourite Voucher Codes Charity Poll
- Tackling malnutrition with training
- Teaching empathy by touring Tunisia
- The Best Christmas Jokes Of All Time
- The donkey of destiny
- The Most Common Parasites in Animals
- The power of prevention in Tunisia
- The tail of an injured donkey
- Training Skills to Local Farriers in Ethiopia
- Treating animals involved in road traffic accidents
- Treating Harry The Horse’s Mysterious Wounds
- Treating Tale’s bite wound
- Vets treat Fanta’s nasty head wound
- Virtual Fundraising Ideas
- Volunteering with SPANA: Back to Marrakech
- What are working donkeys?
- What are working donkeys?
- What are working horses?
- What do donkeys eat?
- What do horses eat?
- What is a mule? 13 things you didn’t know
- What is a Parasite?
- What is fistulous withers?
- What is Tetanus?
- Working donkey champions: role models in South Africa
- Working in war zones – animals in conflict
- World Animal Day
- World Animal Day assembly ideas
- Zakaria bears a heavy load
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- Helping working animals in Cameroon
- Helping working animals in Ethiopia
- Helping working animals in Ghana
- Helping working animals in Guinea
- Helping Working Animals in India
- Helping working animals in Iraq
- Helping working animals in Jordan
- Helping working animals in Liberia
- Helping working animals in Mali
- Helping working animals in Mauritania
- Helping working animals in Morocco
- Helping working animals in Mozambique
- Helping working animals in Namibia
- Helping working animals in Sierra Leone
- Helping working animals in South Africa
- Helping working animals in Tanzania
- Helping working animals in Tunisia
- Helping working animals in Uganda
- Helping working animals in Zambia
- Helping working animals in Zimbabwe
Appeals
- A simple jab can save a working animal from deadly tetanus
- A world in crisis: Help transform the lives of working animals for generations to come
- A world in crisis: Help transform the lives of working animals for generations to come
- A world in crisis: Help transform the lives of working animals for generations to come
- A world in crisis: Help transform the lives of working animals for generations to come
- Act now to save the lives of working animals with serious injuries
- Animals are working in the world’s worst workplaces. Will you please help them?
- Arthritis appeal: He can barely move, let alone work
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- At this difficult time, help us reach more working animals
- Brick Kilns: Heavy Loads. Horrific Heat. Little Hope.
- Brick Kilns: Heavy Loads. Horrific Heat. Little Hope.
- Brick Kilns: Heavy Loads. Horrific Heat. Little Hope.
- Brick Kilns: Heavy Loads. Horrific Heat. Little Hope.
- Brick Kilns: Heavy Loads. Horrific Heat. Little Hope.
- Brick Kilns: Heavy Loads. Horrific Heat. Little Hope.
- Climate crisis: Help working animals during times of emergency
- Don’t let plastic be a working animal’s last meal. You can help save them.
- Don’t let plastic be a working animal’s last meal. You can help save them.
- Don’t let plastic be a working animal’s last meal. You can help save them.
- Don’t let plastic be a working animal’s last meal. You can help save them.
- Don’t let plastic be a working animal’s last meal. You can help save them.
- Don’t let plastic be a working animal’s last meal. You can help save them.
- Don’t let plastic be a working animal’s last meal. You can help save them.
- Don’t let plastic be a working animal’s last meal. You can help save them.
- Donate in memory of a loved one
- Donate in memory of a pet
- Donate to help working animals on Giving Tuesday
- Donkey skin trade: Help save donkeys from being slaughtered for herbal remedies and beauty products
- Emergency appeal: Save working animals from devastating drought in East Africa
- Emergency appeal: Save working animals from devastating earthquake in Morocco
- Emergency appeal: Save working animals from devastating earthquake in Morocco
- Help an animal in desperate need
- Help an animal in desperate need
- Help an animal in desperate need
- Help an animal in desperate need
- Help an animal in desperate need
- Help an animal in desperate need
- Help build a new veterinary centre in Segou, Mali
- Help build a new veterinary centre in Segou, Mali
- Help build a new veterinary centre in Segou, Mali
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help Mali’s rubbish dump donkeys
- Help save animals from the agony of lameness
- Help save animals from the agony of lameness
- Help save animals from the agony of lameness
- Help save animals from the agony of lameness
- Help save animals from the agony of lameness
- Help save animals from the agony of lameness
- Help save working animals from devastating sight loss
- Help save working animals from devastating sight loss
- Help save working animals from devastating sight loss
- Help stop poor harnessing from hurting working animals
- Help stop poor harnessing from hurting working animals
- Help stop poor harnessing from hurting working animals
- Help treat working animals suffering from parasites
- Help treat working animals suffering from parasites
- Help treat working animals suffering from parasites
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us reach more working animals in desperate need
- Help us save a working animal in agony
- Help us save a working animal in agony
- Help working animals survive the Covid-19 pandemic
- Help working animals survive the Covid-19 pandemic
- Help working animals survive the Covid-19 pandemic
- Help working animals survive the Covid-19 pandemic
- Help working animals survive the Covid-19 pandemic
- International Dog Day: Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- International Dog Day: Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Knitting and crocheting for working animals: Donate to Big Knit for Vets
- Make a lasting difference
- Malnutrition: Help working animals during this time of crisis
- Malnutrition: Help working animals during this time of crisis
- Malnutrition: Help working animals during this time of crisis
- Mobile clinics: Help working animals who are far from medical care
- Mobile clinics: Help working animals who are far from medical care
- Mobile clinics: Help working animals who are far from medical care
- Mobile clinics: Save working animals living in isolated communities
- Mobile clinics: Save working animals living in isolated communities
- Mobile clinics: Save working animals living in isolated communities
- Mobile clinics: Save working animals living in isolated communities
- Morocco earthquake appeal: One year on, working animals still need your help
- Morocco earthquake appeal: One year on, working animals still need your help
- Morocco earthquake appeal: One year on, working animals still need your help
- Morocco earthquake appeal: One year on, working animals still need your help
- Morocco earthquake appeal: One year on, working animals still need your help
- Morocco earthquake appeal: Working animals still need your help
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help animals suffering from malnutrition
- Please help horses suffering from EZL
- Please relieve the suffering of essential working animals
- Please relieve the suffering of essential working animals
- Please save abandoned working animals
- Please save abandoned working animals
- Provide emergency treatment for working animals suffering from serious injuries
- Provide emergency treatment for working animals suffering from serious injuries
- Provide lifesaving surgery to working animals in critical condition
- Provide lifesaving surgery to working animals in critical condition
- Provide lifesaving surgery to working animals in critical condition
- Save working animals from agonising dental disease
- Save working animals from agonising dental disease
- Save working animals from agonising dental disease
- Save working animals from agonising dental disease
- Save working animals from deadly diseases with pioneering programmes
- Save working animals from deadly diseases with pioneering programmes
- Save working animals from deadly diseases with pioneering programmes
- Save working animals from the agony of parasites
- Save working animals from the agony of parasites
- Save working animals from the deadly disease, EZL
- Save working animals from the deadly disease, EZL
- She can barely move, let alone work
- She can barely move, let alone work
- She can barely move, let alone work
- She can barely move, let alone work
- Support the Lives of Working Donkeys in Mali
- Supporter Survey
- Tanzania floods and landslides: Save displaced and injured animals
- Thank you for your support this year
- Thank you for your support this year
- Thank you for your support this year
- Thank you for your support this year
- Thank you for your support this year
- Unbearable harness wounds are making every day a misery for working animals. Will you help them?
- Unbearable harness wounds are making every day a misery for working animals. Will you help them?
- Unbearable harness wounds are making every day a misery for working animals. Will you help them?
- Unbearable harness wounds are making every day a misery for working animals. Will you help them?
- Unbearable harness wounds are making every day a misery for working animals. Will you help them?
- Working animals are facing life changing sight loss
- Working animals are suffering needlessly.
- Working animals need your support now, more than ever
- Working animals need your support now, more than ever
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering
- Working dogs in Malawi are suffering