Who we are
About Brooke
Every day, over 100 million working horses, donkeys and mules provide vital support to an estimated 600 million people.
Brooke works with communities across the world to give hard-working animals richer and more rewarding lives.
We create sustainable change and drive lasting improvements in animal health and welfare through action, advocacy and education.
Key stats and facts
Our impact for working animals and the communities who rely on them includes:
- 1.8 million working horses, donkeys and mules helped directly
- Millions more animals helped through our policy and advocacy
- Over 2.8 million people and more than 11,000 communities supported through our work.
Brooke stories
Latest news and press releases
Visit our news page for the latest press releases, news stories and case studies.
Our people
Experts for interview
Brooke has a range of experts based in the UK, Africa, Asia and Latin America who can speak on the following topics:
- The role of working horses, donkeys and mules within global communities (examples including but not limited to: water provision, agriculture and food security; transport; income generation; women's empowerment; climate resilience / disaster resilience and response)
- Strengthening animal health systems, preventing pandemics and anti-microbial resistance (AMR)
- One Health - the connection between the health of animals, people and planet
- Working horses, donkeys and mules in exploitative industries (such as brick kilns, coal mines and tourism)
- The cruel and harrowing donkey skin trade
- Veterinary expertise
- General animal health and animal welfare topics.
Dr Laura Skippen, Global Head of Animal Health and Welfare
Laura is an experienced vet and leads the Global Animal Health and Welfare team across our country programmes. Her and her team's expertise includes: strengthening animal health systems, animal welfare, equine medicine, One Health, veterinary education.
Kimberly Wells, Senior Manager of Global Animal Welfare
Since 2007, Kim has worked as an animal welfare specialist at Brooke, integrating welfare principles into global decision-making and programmes. Her and her team offer strategic and technical support to colleagues and partners, focusing on enhancing animals’ daily lives and wellbeing by using evidence-based approaches. Her background is in animal welfare science, veterinary nursing and adult learning.
Klare, Head of Brand Marketing and Communications
Klare is our Head of Brand Marketing and Communications and a trained journalist. A lifelong animal advocate, she brings a wealth of brand and media experience to her role.
Anna Marry, Global Head of Policy and Advocacy
Anna leads our global policy and advocacy team, who are campaigning at local, national and international levels to have working horses, donkeys and mules, and animal health and welfare, recognised and integrated into policy. She and her team can offer expertise and comment on a wide range of topics including working animals in sustainable development (livelihoods, gender, climate disasters, food security), donkey skins trade, animal health systems strengthening, pandemic prevention, anti-microbial resistance (AMR), exploitative industries, and animal welfare policy.
