“Nigeria’s donkey population is being cut down and harvested like maize on an industrial scale for their skins.”     

World Organisation for Animal Health calls for better implementation of OIE standards to help protect the welfare of donkeys, who are at risk due to the global trade in donkey skins, especially in Africa.

Ryman Healthcare has named its new retirement village in honour of New Zealand’s most famous female jockey, Linda Jones MBE.

“We cradled small, sick foals in our arms as they passed away – foals just a few weeks’ old who should never have been swept up for the skin trade.”

Status as Non Government Organisation gives charity more opportunities to participate at a higher level on the world stage.

“The hard reality is that Canadian horses and horsepeople suffer when our voice goes unheard in the corridors of power.”