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With 19 veterinary centres and 21 mobile clinics,
SPANA treated over 300,000 animals last year
throughout North and West Africa and the Middle
East. Our efforts are concentrated on those areas
where the need is greatest: wherever animals are
mistreated, neglected or struggling to survive
without proper care. Many of the animals we treat
spend long, tiring days ploughing fields. Others are
used to carry heavy loads such as building materials
or containers of water.
We also work in remote desert communities, where
qualified vets are few and far between. For example,
we treat camels and livestock in Timbuktou. Click on
the link to the left for more information on our
Veterinary programme.
But treating sick animals isn't our only work. We
also offer a longer-term solution to improving the
health and welfare of working animals.
We visit souks (markets), where large numbers of
donkeys and horses are to be found. Here, we not
only treat injuries but also show people how to spot
and deal with minor ailments. Part of our long-term
plan is to prevent potentially fatal injuries and
afflictions by explaining the serious harm primitive
practices - like using a red-hot iron to treat
wounds - can have on an animal.
In many poor families, children often play an
important role in caring for working horses, donkeys
and camels. So we visit schools, where we can
impress upon young minds the importance of looking
after animals properly. In this way, we are trying
to stamp out the ill treatment of working animals
forever. Click on the link to the left for more
about our Education programme.
SPANA can also respond immediately to crises, such
as when a natural disaster strikes or at a time of
civil unrest or war. Our Emergency programmes will
dispatch help whenever and wherever animals are in
distress. Click on the link to the left to read more
about our Emergency programme.
Our funds are limited which means we can't set up
SPANA centres in every country. However, through our
Outreach programme, we are able to finance carefully
selected projects around the world, run by people
with the same passion for animal welfare as us. You
can read more about our Outreach programme by
clicking on the link to the left.
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