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STORY FORM
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Date
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June 2012
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Country
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Syria
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Location
Refuge name or
mobile clinic location
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Damascus's suburbs
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Photos
or video
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Photos
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ANIMAL
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Donkey/ horse/ mule/ camel
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Donkey
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Animal age and name (if has one)
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7 years, called Rocky.
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Male/ female
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male
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Work of animal (what does it do on a
daily basis)
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Works in transporting
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Work hours (how long does it work for
every day)
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Works about 6 hours daily: 3 hours in morning, and 3 hours
afternoon .
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Working conditions (what is the environment
like that it works in)
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Rocky gets his rest
in the midday, he feeds the straw and barley.
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OWNER
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Owner’s name
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Family details (e.g. do they have wife/
children?)
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wife, 6 children.
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Area owner lives
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Suburbs of Damascus
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How did owner get animal to SPANA?
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Through the rounds of the mobile clinic
in the area.
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Owner quote- what did they say about
SPANA? What did they say about importance of animal?
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"thanks SPANA" " my animal
is the only means for transporting "
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How long has owner worked with animals?
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For 4 years
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These
are all of the questions for the owner- you can complete the rest of the form
without them.
INJURY/
ILLNESS
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Injury/ illness
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Inflammation in the joint
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Injury/ illness signs
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Limping in his front leg
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Injury/ illness cause
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Due
to the extra burden in transporting.
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Treatment description
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Rocky was examined thoroughly. The hoof
was cleaned. The front right leg was examined carefully. It was noticed that
the joint had inflammation (arthritis). The donkey was given 3 doses of
diclovinac for 3 days. And decrease
the hours of working.
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Recovery time
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One week until the complete recovery.
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Advice given to animal owner by SPANA
staff
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The owner had been
advised to decrease the weight of burden.
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ANY
OTHER INFORMATION
Email story form details and images/ video
to: Katie@spana.org. Or post to SPANA Head Office.
By vet
ass. Hassan Haddad
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