Two Mauritanian donkeys
Two Mauritanian donkeys

Working Animal Success Stories

SPANA vet kneeling down looking into a donkey's eye outside on grass

Derese the donkey’s eye treatment

On International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the women who transform the lives of working animals like Derese, a donkey in urgent need of treatment from...

SPANA vet standing with a grey donkey who is covered in sores

Safietou the donkey’s tumour treatment

Safietou the donkey had developed multiple skin tumours that needed expert treatment by SPANA vets in Mauritania.

Brown donkey outside in a paddock

Kamara the donkey gets the help he needs 

Kamara arrived at SPANA’s centre in Boghé, Mauritania, in a desperate state. Find out how SPANA vets helped him on the road to recovery. 

Brown horse standing outside in the sunshine with two stables behind it

SPANA vets nail Jacob’s lameness 

Jacob the horse was suffering from a puncture wound that required specialist farriery treatment by SPANA vets in South Africa. 

Two SPANA vets operating on a mule

Yasmin the mule’s navel surgery 

Yasmin the mule was suffering from a rare condition that needed immediate surgery by SPANA’s skilled vets in Chemaia, Morocco. 

Donkey's face with someone standing next to it

Marie’s mystery weight loss

Marie the donkey was losing weight, and her worried owner, Bakary, wasn’t sure why. Find out how a visit to SPANA’s mobile clinic in Mali...

SPANA vet examining Bruno the donkey's foot

Bruno the donkey’s tetanus risk

Find out how swift action from SPANA vets in Mali ensured an injured donkey working on rubbish dumps was protected from tetanus. 

Baby foal being fed milk by a SPANA vet

Emergency help for a newborn foal 

Two-day-old Sara was suffering from colic. Find out how SPANA vets in Morocco provided emergency treatment before her condition worsened. 

A man holding a donkey while a SPANA vet examines its hoof

Dango gets back on the right foot 

When Dango the donkey started limping, SPANA vets in Ségou, Mali, were on hand to treat his overgrown hoof. 

baby donkey standing with a man behind it

Nana the donkey’s hoof treatment

Find out how the farriery skills of SPANA vets in Ségou, Mali, helped ease the discomfort of a donkey with sore hooves.

A man wearing a white face mask and denim jacket and jeans standing with a brown foal.

Plastic is far from fantastic for Zwina the foal

Find out how SPANA vets in Morocco acted quickly to save a young donkey from serious illness after she mistook a plastic bag for food.

SPANA vet examining a donkeys stomach

Yves the donkey’s stable stay

Yves the donkey was suffering from a swollen wound on his back and needed to stay at SPANA’s stables in Mali for treatment.

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