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STORY FORM
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Date
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July 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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2nd mobile clinic
Damascus' suburbs
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Photos
or video
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Photos & video
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ANIMAL
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Donkey/ horse/ mule/ camel
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Horse
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Animal age and name (if has one)
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9 years
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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 drawing cart for selling
vegetables and fruits.
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Work hours (how long does it work for
every day)
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Works about 10 hours daily for 6 days
weekly
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Working conditions (what is the
environment like that it works in)
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Works in hard condition, and feeds bad and poor
fodder
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OWNER
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Owner’s name
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Husain Magrebi
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Family details (e.g. do they have wife/
children?)
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Wife and children
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Area owner lives
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Damascus's suburbs
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How did owner get animal to SPANA?
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Through the rounds of the mobile clinic in the suburbs of Damascus.
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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", "you are
offering the free treatment for my horse" " I cannot pay for the vet".
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How long has owner worked with
animals?
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The owner uses his animal for 6 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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Joint inflammation in the back leg
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Injury/ illness signs
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Lameness, pain through walking, difficulty when
drawing the cart
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Injury/ illness cause
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The
horse was suffering fits of colic, and was twisting and rolling round on the floor
of the stable, during that the horse injured his leg.
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Treatment description
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Vet Abeer examined the horse clinically.
It was noticed that the animal was suffering joint inflammation in his back
leg, which made the horse limping and suffering pain during walking. The
treatment was by giving the horse 5 doses of botasin foe 5 days, 3 doses of
vitamins AD3E for 3 days.
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Recovery time
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One week
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Advice given to animal owner by SPANA
staff
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The owner had been advised to give his
animal rest until the recovery. And to treat the colic immediately. Also to
clean the stable and remove all the sharp tools and the scrap metals from the
stable.
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ANY
OTHER INFORMATION
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The owner earns from work with his horse about £ 6 – 7 daily by working for 9 –
10 hours . feeding his animal cost him daily about £ 1.5 – 2 .
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Email story form details and images/ video
to: Katie@spana.org. Or post to SPANA Head Office.
By vet
Abeer Zeit
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