The animals

The Brooke is committed to reaching over 800,000 working horses, donkeys and mules each year.  The work these animals do is vital to so many people living in poverty in the developing world.

However, millions of horses, donkeys and mules are suffering right now, in an almost indescribable way. They endure backbreaking work as they are often overloaded, as they haul goods and people to help their poor owners eke out a living.

In blistering heat or unbearable cold they are put to work in vast brick kiln factories, sprawling urban slums, chaotic city streets, remote villages and unforgiving terrain.

Yet, the exhaustion, dehydration, malnutrition, disease and painful injuries these poor, loyal animals suffer are mostly preventable. By 2016, we are committed to measurably improving the lives of around more than two million suffering horses, donkeys and mules who need our help most in the world. We are determined to make sure that these animals have a better life now through free veterinary treatment – and a happier future through training their owners to help their own animals and research to reveal the best solutions for animal suffering.