24 October 2019
Brooke announced its new Global Farriery Project on 23 October at an event co-hosted by Kirsten Rausing of The Alborada Trust and Brooke CEO Petra Ingram at The Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket.
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16 October 2019
Brooke is attending the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to highlight the vital contribution of working horses, donkeys and mules to food security
10 October 2019
Dressage rider Alice Oppenheimer will run the London Marathon next April in aid of Brooke, to raise awareness of working horses and donkeys around the world.
4 October 2019
To mark World Animal Day this year (4 Oct), Brooke will be raising awareness of an issue affecting donkey numbers across the world. Following a recent prediction that donkeys in Kenya could be effectively wiped out by 2023, new research now also shows how the trade of skins is having a detrimental effect on the families in Kenya who rely on these animals to support their lives.
18 September 2019
John Yates from Plaistow is walking approximately 300 miles from Chester to his home whilst pulling a custom-made cart in aid of Brooke. The challenge started on 28 September.
12 September 2019
Star of Dragon’s Den Deborah Meaden, ‘The Horse Photographer’ Matthew Seed and Olympic eventing rider Gemma Tattersall have judged and selected the winners of Brooke’s inaugural Photo Competition after the charity received hundreds of entries from across the UK.
12 September 2019
Leading animal welfare charities including Brooke have been providing hands on training for government officials from across the Americas on horse, donkey and mule welfare as part of an international seminar on working and farm animals.
5 September 2019
Brooke India provided treatment and relief to almost 1400 working equines and their owners in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following devastating floods and landslides during July and August.
5 September 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation today published an article highlighting how the trade is affecting donkey owners, and how slaughterhouse staff had acted aggressively towards the reporter and her driver.
23 August 2019
Brooke Central America has been working with the Nicaraguan government ministry responsible for disaster preparedness (SINAPRED), to promote the importance of addressing livestock needs in emergency response, and the use of the Livestock in Emergencies Guidelines (LEGS) as a key means to do this.