SPANA in Morocco: Buttons, dentistry and Lancelot the loan
H&H's Sophia Heath visits our charity of the year to witness first-hand how SPANA help horses
SPANA
SPANA (the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad) was set up in 1923 by British mother and daughter Kate and Nina Hosali, who travelled to north Africa.
They were shocked by the mistreatment and poor welfare standards working horses, donkeys and mules endured, and campaigned tirelessly to set up SPANA on their return.
SPANA runs long-term veterinary and education programmes in Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Mali, Mauritania, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia, providing free treatment for sick and injured working animals.
The charity was chosen to be Horse & Hound’s first official charity of the year in April 2014. During the campaign, Horse & Hound staff have seen first-hand the vital work this charity undertakes in Morocco and Ethopia. These experiences have been shared with readers through the magazine and website. Read Horse & Hound’s insights into the charity’s work and the challenges it faces below.
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SPANA in Morocco: Donkey car parks, deep wounds and strangles
H&H's Sophia Heath visits our charity of the year to witness first-hand how SPANA help horses
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H&H investigates: The plight of working equines in Morocco
H&H visits its charity of the year to witness first-hand how SPANA help horses
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Mountain mules compete in beauty pageant
Mules have been perfecting their catwalk turns in Morocco for a beauty contest run by H&H’s charity of the year SPANA
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Help working equines around the world when you sell your horse with H&H
Find out how you can help H&H support our charity of the year when advertising a horse for sale
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Take a 'selfie' with your horse for charity
Take a selfie with your horse, post it on social media and text “stable” to 70500 to make a £3 donation to SPANA
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Celebrate International Donkey Week [PICS]
Charities are celebrating donkeys on Donkey Week and H&H has created a special picture gallery for the occasion
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SPANA launches fundraising appeal to train farriers in Africa
H&H’s charity of the year, SPANA, has launched a major fundraising appeal to train farriers in Africa
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SPANA is Horse & Hound's charity of the year
Working horses, ponies and donkeys around the world will be helped this year, thanks to the readers of H&H
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Ex-MP highlights plight of Egyptian pyramid horses [PICS/VIDEO]
Ann Widdecombe travelled to Egypt to see the hundreds of horses starving to death as a result of the political turmoil in the country *Warning: contains distressing images*
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'Vets with Horsepower' set off on 3,000-mile trip for charity
A group of five engine-revving equine vets have set off on a 3,000 mile journey for SPANA
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Vet student's trip to help Ethiopian horses and donkeys
Second-year vet student and Horse Trust scholar Fernando Malalana will help at SPANA's centre in Debre Zeit, Ethiopia
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Watch SPANA's Morrocco equine centre on webcam
British veterinary charity SPANA, Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad, has launched a new internet service to help bring their work at a Marrakech treatment centre to life
