Score one for the hayburners! :DIn a couple of other countries where the horses and donkeys are used similarly the Brook hospital for animals with as its main target those to their owners vital animals has done some very good work by providing just that. A place out of the sun to wait for costumers and a trough to water and when needed even basic free medical service. The key to a better future though is eduction of the owners and that is what they eventually aim at. With succes. I've seen a couple of documentaries on their work and they are doing very nice and sensible things to improve horses and donkeys lives in f.i. egypt.
I hope they are making provisions for watering
troughs; when I was in New Orleans in 1997, I was very
pleased with the condition of the horses and mules I
saw in the cabbie lines - the stand had abundant fresh
water, and I didn't see any open sores or underweight
animals. With reasonable care, a horse can work for
about 12-13 years (I'm allowing for less veterinary
care there, but assuming at least some grain
supplementation and shoeing - in the West a pleasure
horse can be expected to be rideable for at least 20
years), and composted manure (takes about a year to
ripen properly without solar tumblers) is excellent
for vegetable gardens. Tail hair can be made into
ropes, belts and decorative items (hatbands, woven
bracelets etc.)...OK, I'll halt there... ;)
http://www.brooke-hospital.org.uk/brooke/homeframe.html
Sonja GCU: Yihaw
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