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2005 - press releases

08/12/2005 - Public turning to “virtual” gifts to beat Christmas materialism – surprise Brooke poll
Britons are turning against modern Christmas materialism in substantial numbers, a new nationwide survey carried out for the Brooke, the UK’s leading overseas equine welfare charity, reveals. Fed up with the annual headache of buying gifts for people who already have everything - and with receiving unwanted presents - many of us are switching on to “virtual gifts” instead.

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06/12/2005 - TV vet's mercy mission to animal earthquake victims
Celebrity vet Scott Miller is launching a £100,000 Brooke emergency appeal to stave off a winter disaster that threatens to engulf Pakistan’s earthquake survivors and the working animals on which they depend.

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31/10/2005 - 'Donkey Train' quickens pace as relief efforts intensify in Pakistan quake region
A lifesaving “donkey train” organised by leading British equine welfare charity, the Brooke, is fighting against the clock to get desperately needed aid to earthquake survivors stranded in an inaccessible part of Pakistan’s devastated Balakot area before the winter snows.

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17/10/2005 - Brooke organises 'donkey train' to help quake victims
Leading British equine welfare charity the Brooke is helping to organise a life-saving ‘donkey train’ to take desperately needed food and medicines to Pakistan earthquake victims stranded in remote regions.

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07/10/2005 - From bust to boom: the Brooke's achievements win 'Fundraising Team of the Year' award
The UK’s foremost international equine welfare charity, the Brooke, beat some of the country’s top charities to win one of the charity industry’s most important accolades - ‘Fundraising Team of the Year’- at last night’s Third Sector Excellence Awards 2005.

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01/09/2005 - The Brooke receives top animal welfare award
The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) welfare award 2005, sponsored by The Blue Cross, has been presented to the Brooke Hospital for Animals.

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26/09/2005 - Brooke’s ‘Abbla’ drives point home in 2005 Mascot Grand National
Brooke’s very realistic horse mascot, Abbla, drove home some very important points when she took part in the 2005 Mascot Grand National at Huntingdon Racecourse.

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01/09/2005 - Biggest ever animal welfare project launched in Afghanistan
Brooke is launching one of its biggest ever projects to relieve the misery of tens of thousands of working animals and their impoverished owners in Afghanistan.

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15/08/2005 - Major appeal targets alarming scale of malnutrition
A scientific study by the Brooke Hospital for Animals and the University of Bristol Veterinary School in the United Kingdom has revealed that the world’s working horses, donkeys and mules are suffering malnutrition on an appalling scale*. The study’s results are so alarming that the Brooke is now launching a major appeal to help tackle malnutrition.

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31/05/2005 - Anthea Turner to back first-ever campaign to help working horses overseas
Race goers at Goodwood are being offered the chance to back horses of a very different kind when the racecourse hosts the national Courses for Horses fundraising initiative launched by the Brooke, the world’s leading charity for the welfare of working horses

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16/05/2005 - Corrie stars back working horses at Bangor races
Coronation Street stars William Roache MBE and Charles Lawson went to the races on Saturday and backed a winner – the Brooke Hospital for Animals. William (Ken Barlow) and Charles, who played Corrie’s Jim McDonald for eleven years, were at Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse to support a unique race day in aid of the Brooke, the world’s biggest charity for working horses abroad.

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16/05/2005 - Thousands of Newbury Racegoers Get Behind Working Horse Campaign
Encouraged by celebrities, racegoers were digging deep into their pockets to help the millions of working equine animals that toil in developing nations.

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06/05/2005 - Overseas horse charity adopted by tour operator
Overseas equine welfare charity, the Brooke, has been adopted by one of the UK’s leading tour operators to Egypt – Discover Egypt.

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20/04/2005 - Ground-breaking research set to reduce suffering of millions of horses worldwide
New research is set to change the health and welfare of millions of working horses and donkeys in some of the poorest parts of the world.

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30/03/2005 - Countryside backs biggest-ever national fundraiser for working horses
Thousands of people living in the countryside are to back the biggest-ever national fundraiser to help millions of working horses in the developing world.

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21/03/2005 - Horses risk serious injuries to be with own kind - revelation at animal sentience conference
Horses have such a powerful urge to socialise that they may be prepared to risk even serious physical harm in order to be able to interact with others of their kind. This far-reaching finding - with potentially serious implications for “leisure” horses and ponies stabled alone – was unveiled in London last Friday at a landmark international conference about animal sentience.

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