STORY FORM
Date
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April - 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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Villages of AlSuaidaa
4th mobile clinic
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Photos
or video
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Photos
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ANIMAL
Donkey/ horse/ mule/ camel
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Horse
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Animal age and name (if has one)
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8 years, called Black
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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 cultivating
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Work hours (how long does it work for
every day)
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Works about 6 hours daily during the
cultivating season.
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Working conditions (what is the environment
like that it works in)
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Bakheet gets more
rest out of cultivating season, he feeds straw and barley in winter, and fresh grass from the pastures in the rest of the year.
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OWNER
Owner’s name
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Taiseer abu Zedan
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Family details (e.g. do they have wife/
children?)
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2 wifes, 7 children.
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Area owner lives
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Al ugailat in the villages of AlSuaidaa
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How did owner get animal to SPANA?
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Through the rounds of the mobile clinic
in the zone.
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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
saves for me a lot of money and effort."
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How long has owner worked with
animals?
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Since 3 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
Injury/ illness
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Big and deep wound in the front left leg.
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Injury/ illness signs
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Lameness, big wound, and abrasions in the
front left leg.
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Injury/ illness cause
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Because
of the rope of tying and the friction with the skin
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Treatment description
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Bakheet was examined generally, and the
wound specially, it was noticed that the lameness was due to the big wound in
the joint . the animal was treated by cleaning the wound with the iodine and
sprayed with the local antibiotics alamycine. The wound was dressed, and was
changing every 5 days. The donkey was given 3 doses of antibiotics for 3
days, 3 doses of vitamins for 3days, and dose of ant tetanus. Also Bakheet
was given 3 doses of pain killer.
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Recovery time
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About 30 days
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Advice given to animal owner by SPANA
staff
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The owner was advised to bind his animal
with soft rope and not for long time,
and to use AlHijar ( special rope for tying the legs of the animals which is
handwork and made of soft rope).
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ANY
OTHER INFORMATION
The owner feeds
his animal the straw and the barley, and costs him daily, about £ 0.80 during the days of winter. He depends on the corps of his
land as the only income for his family.
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Email story form details and images/ video
to: Katie@spana.org. Or post to SPANA Head Office.
By vet
Khaled Alhembazli
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