Formation of a Union for Donkey Welfare:

Allied with Brook Hospital for Animals, the institution has been extending the health and hygiene services for around 5000 donkeys from 114 villages in the surrounding, for the past three years under  the EQUINE Welfare Project.

                A team of 10 members actively involved in the project keep moving as a care unit around the villages, spreading awareness among the owners about the health and hygiene of the ever ignored animal in the society.  It is also realized that the Govt. has made provisions for the vaccinations and treatment for various diseases of different animals except the Donkey.  But there is no such facility made available for the mostly ignored animal like donkey.

Therefore, all the owners of donkey realized the need to form a union of Donkey Owners to seek the rightful  treatment and vaccination for the animal at Govt. Hospitals,free of cost.  The Union is also to raise its voice to include Donkeys in the animal census and extend insurance facility to them.

                Meanwhile  Maj. Chatterjee, trustee,  Brook India;  Jaizan Jalil, Mr Pramod Deshmukh and The Project Director, Rohit Deshmukh interacted with the donkey owners at a few villages about the assistance provided by the project and its effects on the animal.  The villagers and owners were happy to have such help and assistance from EQUINE Project in preparing the First Aid Box, Stables, Hoof Cutting etc.