Help and support for donkey owners
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Donkey owners factsheets and guides
Accurate body condition scoring is a hands-on process for feeling the amount of muscle and fat that are covering the donkey’s bones. Use our chart as a guide to determine a donkeys body condition score.
African horse sickness is a deadly disease that originates in Africa and can spread to other countries. It can infect all equids.
Donkeys may struggle in extremely hot environments. Read our guidance on how to keep your donkey healthy and comfortable in extreme heat.
Read our top tips on keeping donkeys happy and healthy during the spring season and beyond.
A foal may be orphaned because of its mother’s death, rejected due to antagonistic behaviour or undernourished by an inadequate milk supply. We offer helpful advice on fostering, feeding and treatment as alternative means of maintenance until at least five months of age.
Offering your donkeys access to safe trees and shrubs is a great way of supplementing their diet with fibre as well as providing mental stimulation.
Free courses for donkey owners
Este curso se enfoca en el proceso de fabricación paso a paso de una albarda de carga para burros y mulas.
We expect that at the end of this course, learners will have made their own pack saddle which fits their working equid well; provides comfortable support for loads carried and avoids unnecessary wounds.
This course focuses on the different parts, functions and adjustments of harness, followed by specific aspects related to working with working equids. A harness is a common aspect of all working equids, regardless of the task performed, and its correct or incorrect use directly impacts their health and welfare.
Este curso se enfoca en el proceso de fabricación paso a paso de un colleron para burros y mulas.
This course focuses in on the step-by-step process of manufacturing a collar for donkeys and mules.
This course introduces the concepts of One Health and One Welfare and explores the role of donkeys and mules within these contexts, using examples from around the globe.
Guardian and owners stories
A decade after the Nepal earthquake, we find out how far international policy has come in protecting and recognising the value of working equids in disaster zones.
Three donkeys have enriched the lives of their Guardian owners after finding their forever home through our Rehoming Scheme.
One of our Guardians who lost a ‘massive part’ of her life following the passing of her donkey has welcomed a new long-eared companion into her home.
In our expert interview series, we hear from Ripple Effect Country Director Titus Sagala on his journey from growing up in rural Kenya to helping communities and their donkeys to thrive.
Worried about how your donkeys may react to fireworks on Bonfire Night? Here’s how you can help your animals brave the bangs.
To mark the UN's International Day for Rural Women (15 October), we look to our collaborative project with Women and Land Zimbabwe, where we are working with women to improve the welfare of their working donkeys.
