@brookewestafrica.bsky.social
Happy foal friday
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Happy foal friday
Let’s discover Ndiame Ngom, a donkey owner and farrier !
February 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Let’s discover Ndiame Ngom, a donkey owner and farrier !
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Brooke's Global Research Advisor, Dr Mihaiela Swift MRCVS reports from the field in Senegal. 🇸🇳 🫏
#Research #DisasterResponse #DisasterResiliience #ParticipatoryResearch
#Research #DisasterResponse #DisasterResiliience #ParticipatoryResearch
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Brooke's Global Research Advisor, Dr Mihaiela Swift MRCVS reports from the field in Senegal. 🇸🇳 🫏
#Research #DisasterResponse #DisasterResiliience #ParticipatoryResearch
#Research #DisasterResponse #DisasterResiliience #ParticipatoryResearch
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This week, Brooke's Global Harness Advisor, Jackie, has been in Senegal with our Brooke West Africa team to work with, and assess the equipment of, local harness, cart and bit makers. She's very impressed with the improvements made so far through the Harnessing Improvement Program
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
This week, Brooke's Global Harness Advisor, Jackie, has been in Senegal with our Brooke West Africa team to work with, and assess the equipment of, local harness, cart and bit makers. She's very impressed with the improvements made so far through the Harnessing Improvement Program
Brooke West Africa Workshop at the Mékhé CSL ( Clinical Skill Lab) in Sénégal. @Jackiehickman
#animalwelfare #lab #farriery #harnessing
#animalwelfare #lab #farriery #harnessing
January 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Brooke West Africa Workshop at the Mékhé CSL ( Clinical Skill Lab) in Sénégal. @Jackiehickman
#animalwelfare #lab #farriery #harnessing
#animalwelfare #lab #farriery #harnessing
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At Brooke, we know that the human–equine bond is central to animal welfare. This new research reminds us that stress and fear in handlers can impact horses’ emotional states, underscoring why supporting the mental well-being of both people and the animals they work with is so important. 🧡
Horses can smell fear in humans, researchers say
Tests showed horses that smelled body odour from people watching scary films startled more easily
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM
At Brooke, we know that the human–equine bond is central to animal welfare. This new research reminds us that stress and fear in handlers can impact horses’ emotional states, underscoring why supporting the mental well-being of both people and the animals they work with is so important. 🧡
In 2026, Brooke continues her mission for working animals. Thank you to our donors, partners, and colleagues for their dedication. May this year bring joy and impact to our collective efforts. Happy New Year to all!
#2026
#2026
January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
In 2026, Brooke continues her mission for working animals. Thank you to our donors, partners, and colleagues for their dedication. May this year bring joy and impact to our collective efforts. Happy New Year to all!
#2026
#2026
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From all of us at Brooke, including our ambassadors and high-profile supporters, we wish all those who celebrate a very Merry Christmas🎄
December 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
From all of us at Brooke, including our ambassadors and high-profile supporters, we wish all those who celebrate a very Merry Christmas🎄
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"Brooke recognises animals as sentient beings vital for planetary health & #pandemicprevention. By supporting animal health workers & essential veterinary medicines, we improve #animalwelfare, reduce disease risks, & benefit both people and the environment." Brooke CEO Chris Wainwright at #UNEA7
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Brooke recognises animals as sentient beings vital for planetary health & #pandemicprevention. By supporting animal health workers & essential veterinary medicines, we improve #animalwelfare, reduce disease risks, & benefit both people and the environment." Brooke CEO Chris Wainwright at #UNEA7
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United Nations member states are gathering in Nairobi for the 7th Environmental Assembly – focused on “Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet”. Brooke is there to urge for the donkey skin trade to be recognised as an environmental crime. Read more: www.thebrooke.org/news/recogni...
Recognise donkey skin trade as environmental crime, Brooke urges UN
Brooke is in Nairobi advocating to have donkey skins trade recognised as an environmental crime.
www.thebrooke.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
United Nations member states are gathering in Nairobi for the 7th Environmental Assembly – focused on “Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet”. Brooke is there to urge for the donkey skin trade to be recognised as an environmental crime. Read more: www.thebrooke.org/news/recogni...
Our latest newsletter is now online.
In this issue, we present the results of our quarterly activities, which focused on humane animal treatment, community development, and animal welfare.
In this issue, we present the results of our quarterly activities, which focused on humane animal treatment, community development, and animal welfare.
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Our latest newsletter is now online.
In this issue, we present the results of our quarterly activities, which focused on humane animal treatment, community development, and animal welfare.
In this issue, we present the results of our quarterly activities, which focused on humane animal treatment, community development, and animal welfare.
Découvrez notre nouvelle Ambassadrice des Femmes, la talentueuse actrice Annette Badland
Elle nous aide à mettre en lumière les liens étroits qui unissent la vie des femmes, leurs moyens de subsistance et les animaux de travail, et à souligner l’importance de l’égalité des genres pour tous #women
Elle nous aide à mettre en lumière les liens étroits qui unissent la vie des femmes, leurs moyens de subsistance et les animaux de travail, et à souligner l’importance de l’égalité des genres pour tous #women
Meet our new Women’s Ambassador, beloved actress Annette Badland!
She’s helping us highlight how women’s lives, livelihoods and working animals are deeply connected, and why gender equality matters for both.
#Ambassador #FemaleEmpowerment #AnimalWelfare
She’s helping us highlight how women’s lives, livelihoods and working animals are deeply connected, and why gender equality matters for both.
#Ambassador #FemaleEmpowerment #AnimalWelfare
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Découvrez notre nouvelle Ambassadrice des Femmes, la talentueuse actrice Annette Badland
Elle nous aide à mettre en lumière les liens étroits qui unissent la vie des femmes, leurs moyens de subsistance et les animaux de travail, et à souligner l’importance de l’égalité des genres pour tous #women
Elle nous aide à mettre en lumière les liens étroits qui unissent la vie des femmes, leurs moyens de subsistance et les animaux de travail, et à souligner l’importance de l’égalité des genres pour tous #women
The creation of clinical skills laboratories CSL offers veterinary practitioners the opportunity to practice their clinical skills using models,repeat procedures,refine them, and reduce the need for training on animals.@brookecharity.bsky.social has begun the process of establishing its CSL in Mékhé
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The creation of clinical skills laboratories CSL offers veterinary practitioners the opportunity to practice their clinical skills using models,repeat procedures,refine them, and reduce the need for training on animals.@brookecharity.bsky.social has begun the process of establishing its CSL in Mékhé
The Worshipful Company of Farriers, founded in 1356, was a medieval farrier's guild dedicated to maintaining high standards of equine welfare in the City of London.
It supports farriers worldwide ensuring their continued professional development and the excellence of their craft.
It supports farriers worldwide ensuring their continued professional development and the excellence of their craft.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The Worshipful Company of Farriers, founded in 1356, was a medieval farrier's guild dedicated to maintaining high standards of equine welfare in the City of London.
It supports farriers worldwide ensuring their continued professional development and the excellence of their craft.
It supports farriers worldwide ensuring their continued professional development and the excellence of their craft.
Development is not measured solely in terms of roads, numbers, or infrastructure. It is also measured by the quality of the bond between humans and animals, by compassion and shared responsibility for our living world.
#development #worldwideday #information #horselove #donkey #animalwelfare
#development #worldwideday #information #horselove #donkey #animalwelfare
October 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Development is not measured solely in terms of roads, numbers, or infrastructure. It is also measured by the quality of the bond between humans and animals, by compassion and shared responsibility for our living world.
#development #worldwideday #information #horselove #donkey #animalwelfare
#development #worldwideday #information #horselove #donkey #animalwelfare
What you see here is not just a cattle crossing
It's the heart of a cross-border traffic that's emptying our villages of their donkeys, essential to rural daily life,who are becoming targets of the skin trade
Join the fight for their protection
#Donkeyrescue #Advocacyfordonkey #EndDonkeySkinTrade
It's the heart of a cross-border traffic that's emptying our villages of their donkeys, essential to rural daily life,who are becoming targets of the skin trade
Join the fight for their protection
#Donkeyrescue #Advocacyfordonkey #EndDonkeySkinTrade
October 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
What you see here is not just a cattle crossing
It's the heart of a cross-border traffic that's emptying our villages of their donkeys, essential to rural daily life,who are becoming targets of the skin trade
Join the fight for their protection
#Donkeyrescue #Advocacyfordonkey #EndDonkeySkinTrade
It's the heart of a cross-border traffic that's emptying our villages of their donkeys, essential to rural daily life,who are becoming targets of the skin trade
Join the fight for their protection
#Donkeyrescue #Advocacyfordonkey #EndDonkeySkinTrade
OCTOBER 4, 2025 WORLD ANIMAL DAY
Let's protect our horses, let's protect our communities.
Caring for working horses means investing in the well-being of rural families. 🐴🐎
Join us on all our platforms to experience this day with our partners.
#WAD2025 #WAD #worldanimalday #horses #donkeys
Let's protect our horses, let's protect our communities.
Caring for working horses means investing in the well-being of rural families. 🐴🐎
Join us on all our platforms to experience this day with our partners.
#WAD2025 #WAD #worldanimalday #horses #donkeys
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
OCTOBER 4, 2025 WORLD ANIMAL DAY
Let's protect our horses, let's protect our communities.
Caring for working horses means investing in the well-being of rural families. 🐴🐎
Join us on all our platforms to experience this day with our partners.
#WAD2025 #WAD #worldanimalday #horses #donkeys
Let's protect our horses, let's protect our communities.
Caring for working horses means investing in the well-being of rural families. 🐴🐎
Join us on all our platforms to experience this day with our partners.
#WAD2025 #WAD #worldanimalday #horses #donkeys
September 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Good handling means less suffering and more trust. With the Handling project, @brookecharity.bsky.social supports communities to improve the care and handling practices of donkeys and horses #animalwelfare
August 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Good handling means less suffering and more trust. With the Handling project, @brookecharity.bsky.social supports communities to improve the care and handling practices of donkeys and horses #animalwelfare
Let's meet Dieynaba and her donkey, Laura.
@brookecharity.bsky.social first met Dieynaba in 2016, shortly after her father passed away.From a young age,she passionately cared for the family donkey,Laura.
In 2024, we visited Dieynaba to see how she and Laura were doing.She loves Laura.
#animalwelfare
@brookecharity.bsky.social first met Dieynaba in 2016, shortly after her father passed away.From a young age,she passionately cared for the family donkey,Laura.
In 2024, we visited Dieynaba to see how she and Laura were doing.She loves Laura.
#animalwelfare
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Let's meet Dieynaba and her donkey, Laura.
@brookecharity.bsky.social first met Dieynaba in 2016, shortly after her father passed away.From a young age,she passionately cared for the family donkey,Laura.
In 2024, we visited Dieynaba to see how she and Laura were doing.She loves Laura.
#animalwelfare
@brookecharity.bsky.social first met Dieynaba in 2016, shortly after her father passed away.From a young age,she passionately cared for the family donkey,Laura.
In 2024, we visited Dieynaba to see how she and Laura were doing.She loves Laura.
#animalwelfare
#Padco2 Day2
The pan-African conference begins this morning with Dr. Yalace Kaboré who explains the socio-economic importance of donkeys, the challenges related to their preservation, the sustainable solutions and initiatives implemented for the preservation of donkeys and veterinary training.
The pan-African conference begins this morning with Dr. Yalace Kaboré who explains the socio-economic importance of donkeys, the challenges related to their preservation, the sustainable solutions and initiatives implemented for the preservation of donkeys and veterinary training.
June 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#Padco2 Day2
The pan-African conference begins this morning with Dr. Yalace Kaboré who explains the socio-economic importance of donkeys, the challenges related to their preservation, the sustainable solutions and initiatives implemented for the preservation of donkeys and veterinary training.
The pan-African conference begins this morning with Dr. Yalace Kaboré who explains the socio-economic importance of donkeys, the challenges related to their preservation, the sustainable solutions and initiatives implemented for the preservation of donkeys and veterinary training.
Day1 #Padco2
Between panels and presentations, the first day of the Pan-African Conference for the Preservation of Donkeys ended with a presentation of the strategy of the action plan and the exhibition of the Abidjan Declaration on the moratorium on the prohibition of donkey trade in Africa.
Between panels and presentations, the first day of the Pan-African Conference for the Preservation of Donkeys ended with a presentation of the strategy of the action plan and the exhibition of the Abidjan Declaration on the moratorium on the prohibition of donkey trade in Africa.
June 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Day1 #Padco2
Between panels and presentations, the first day of the Pan-African Conference for the Preservation of Donkeys ended with a presentation of the strategy of the action plan and the exhibition of the Abidjan Declaration on the moratorium on the prohibition of donkey trade in Africa.
Between panels and presentations, the first day of the Pan-African Conference for the Preservation of Donkeys ended with a presentation of the strategy of the action plan and the exhibition of the Abidjan Declaration on the moratorium on the prohibition of donkey trade in Africa.
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Our latest report reveals Africa’s donkey population could reduce from around 27 million to 14 million over the next 15 years, if a continent-wide ban on the #donkeyskintrade isn’t enforced. 🫏 www.thebrooke.org/news/africa-...
Africa could lose half its donkeys by 2040
Africa could lose half its donkeys by 2040 due to a trade which slaughters them for their skins, Brooke predicts.
www.thebrooke.org
June 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our latest report reveals Africa’s donkey population could reduce from around 27 million to 14 million over the next 15 years, if a continent-wide ban on the #donkeyskintrade isn’t enforced. 🫏 www.thebrooke.org/news/africa-...
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We must speak with one voice, act as one, and denounce with all our might to put an end to this despicable trade in donkey skins. This is the whole purpose of PADCO2. Moving from words to action.
Emmanuel Bouré SARR, @brookewestafrica.bsky.social
#PADCO2 #PADCO2025 #DonkeyConferenceAfrica
Emmanuel Bouré SARR, @brookewestafrica.bsky.social
#PADCO2 #PADCO2025 #DonkeyConferenceAfrica
The Guardian view on China, Africa and disappearing donkeys: an unexpected crisis offers a clue to perils ahead | Editorial
Editorial: The surging export of hides created domestic tensions – and shows how globalisation plays out in unexpected ways
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We must speak with one voice, act as one, and denounce with all our might to put an end to this despicable trade in donkey skins. This is the whole purpose of PADCO2. Moving from words to action.
Emmanuel Bouré SARR, @brookewestafrica.bsky.social
#PADCO2 #PADCO2025 #DonkeyConferenceAfrica
Emmanuel Bouré SARR, @brookewestafrica.bsky.social
#PADCO2 #PADCO2025 #DonkeyConferenceAfrica
A workshop is being organized to evaluate this collaboration and strengthen their knowledge on certain aspects
Evaluate the partnership between Brooke and the VRNs*
Build VRN capacity on the AHMF*
Update the training modules and ensure their adoption
Train VRNs on the TFAL*
#animalwelfare
Evaluate the partnership between Brooke and the VRNs*
Build VRN capacity on the AHMF*
Update the training modules and ensure their adoption
Train VRNs on the TFAL*
#animalwelfare
May 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A workshop is being organized to evaluate this collaboration and strengthen their knowledge on certain aspects
Evaluate the partnership between Brooke and the VRNs*
Build VRN capacity on the AHMF*
Update the training modules and ensure their adoption
Train VRNs on the TFAL*
#animalwelfare
Evaluate the partnership between Brooke and the VRNs*
Build VRN capacity on the AHMF*
Update the training modules and ensure their adoption
Train VRNs on the TFAL*
#animalwelfare