Brown horse with SPANA vet
Brown horse with SPANA vet

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Man stood next to two carriage horses

What are working horses?

Discover what working horses are, why they are so important and how SPANA is helping them.

Horses in Ethiopia drinking water

What do horses eat?

Horses need a very specific diet. Find out what do horses eat and also what food to avoid.

White Morocco horse

El Medina’s hard fall

After a hard fall, working horse El Medina was badly injured and in desperate need of veterinary care.

Three men treating elephant Ye

Forever Ye’ Aung

When Ye’ Aung the elephant was in trouble, SPANA vets came to the rescue.

Bamako rubbish dump donkeys

Zakaria bears a heavy load

Zakaria works grueling hours on the hot, dangerous rubbish dumps of Bamako. Read how we treated this tired donkey for wounds caused by his harnessing

Man walking with a thin donkey

Vets treat Fanta’s nasty head wound

When Fanta escaped his enclosure and injured his head, SPANA vets were on the scene.

Man with his three donkeys

Treating Tale’s bite wound

Discover how SPANA helps Botswana's working donkeys.

TAPO boys giving water to a working donkey

A child’s dream of becoming a vet

In Tanzania, SPANA is reaching in to more classrooms to spread the word about kindness to all animals.

Mali mobile clinic treating a donkey

Mali mobile clinic receives funding

The Anthony V Martin Charitable Foundation provided fantastic support for our mobile veterinary clinics in Mali.

Donkey and young boy

Working donkey champions: role models in South Africa

Working Donkey Champions train animal welfare ambassadors across the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

A boy and a brown horse

Sheno’s horses get new shoes

In the small town of Sheno, Ethiopia, local farrier David Debelle works tirelessly to provide working horses with a better quality of life.

Ann Widdecombe in Mauritania

Ann Widdecombe visits Mauritania with Spana

SPANA ambassador Ann Widdecombe travelled to Mauritania to see how SPANA is helping the country's working animals.

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