Zimbabwe’s donkeys in crisis due to prolonged drought.
In Zimbabwe, a heartbreaking crisis is unfolding as a crippling drought pushes countless helpless donkeys to the brink of starvation. The cruel grip of this prolonged drought has ravaged much of the region – drastically reducing the availability of fodder, sending costs skyrocketing and leaving countless animals to die. We must act NOW to provide […]
Is this the very WORST kind of abuse?
Melody’s tale of human-inflicted woe is so despicable it is hard to write about. Rescued in Zimbabwe, she was so horrifically damaged by people that she could not stand up from pain. Rusted, razor-sharp wire had been forced through the skin of each ear – possibly a cruel method of “tagging” her – and she could […]
GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING: Almost ONE MILLION donkeys slaughtered for their skins and meat. WHEN will it END?
In Kenya, donkeys are being slaughtered in their droves for the rampant and insatiable Chinese donkey-skin trade. Despite a legal ban on murdering these gentle creatures, they are being massacred as you read this. In 2021, with your help, we successfully helped end the brutal trade in Tanzania after the government heeded our pleas to ban it. Now, […]
Rescued donkeys who survived starvation and abuse are now at risk of losing their home! Help us URGENTLY give them a second chance!
In Israel, donkeys are treated with sickening cruelty by people who have never been taught that animal cruelty is wrong. Donkeys are starved, brutally beaten, and worked to the bone, often collapsing from extreme exhaustion or succumbing to their horrific injuries. When the animals get sick or old, they are abandoned by their owners and […]
It’s almost impossible, but TRY TO IMAGINE the suffering of donkeys slaving to carry tourists in the blazing heat of the Middle Eastern desert.
Close your eyes and imagine for a moment, life as a donkey in Jordan… … a life filled with unending pain slaving in the Middle Eastern desert. … a life in which you lug people day after day up and down treacherous, slippery paths, under an unforgiving sun, with no relief. … a life where your […]
EMERGENCY! 62 donkeys SAVED from the brutal Chinese donkey skin trade were treated HORRIFICALLY by those supposed to protect them!
In Naivasha, Kenya, 62 rescued donkeys are enduring severe hunger and life-threatening respiratory illnesses after surviving a nightmarish experience. These animals were confiscated by local authorities during an investigation into the stealing and slaughtering of donkeys for the illicit donkey skin trade. The donkeys went from the frying pan to the fire… Recently, our partner, […]
EIGHT gentle pony foals were destined to be SHOT and CHOPPED UP FOR MEAT!
I am writing to tell you about the disaster that befell eight wild pony foals, separated from their mothers in the middle of winter on Bodmin Moor in England. Alone on the windswept, desolate moor, these eight ponies seemed to have only one future – to be shot and chopped up for meat. That’s when […]
CAN YOU IMAGINE being forced into a LIFE OF CRUELTY and CONSTANTLY BRUTALIZED just because you’re a donkey?
We have told you before about the horrific abuse and trauma endured every day by donkeys in Zimbabwe. They are forced to work with no rest, food or water, pulling carts that are overloaded with rubble, metal, wood and junk, and when they falter, they are whipped, axed or stabbed – often until they are […]
UNBELIEVABLE! UNACCEPTABLE! Donkeys forced to carry back-breaking loads (including WATER) in scorching heat – but AREN’T GIVEN A DROP TO DRINK!
In Mirongoine, a remote village in Tanzania, donkeys are forced to do back-breaking work under truly inhumane conditions. Without water or food, they are critically overloaded and made to carry these loads 10 miles (16 kilometers) to and from the market every few days. Sometimes, it takes four people to lift a single load onto a […]
DESPICABLY overworked donkeys – with open, fly-infested wounds and no medical treatment – are in desperate need of aid…
In the remote town of Geita in northwestern Tanzania, donkeys are used to haul heavy, backbreaking weights in an archaic method of gold mining, causing severe and unnecessary suffering to these gentle creatures. The ghastly truth is that for every ounce of gold mined in this dusty African region, donkeys are hauling countless TONS of […]
