Working Equids News Today

"The ending of slaughter and export of donkey products for the skin trade in 56 countries across two continents ... would be a huge milestone on the road to ending the global donkey skin trade.”

Recommendations to be forwarded to Heads of States, Governments for adoption in February 2024

The African Union has supported a report calling for a ban of trade in donkey skins to save the animals from extinction.

Over the last decade, hundreds of thousands of donkeys have been slaughtered for their skins and exported.

All members of the International Coalition for Working Equids (ICWE) were on hand at the recent BEVA Congress to talk about the plight of working horses around the world.

The International Coalition for Working Equids (ICWE) celebrates its fifth anniversary of collaborative work to improve the health and welfare of working horses, donkeys and mules around the world.

Linda Evans is one of three new appointments announced by SPANA to its senior leadership team, ahead of "a critical new phase" for the charity.

“There is a close link between animal welfare and the wellbeing of people and the sustainability of socio-economic and ecological systems.”

Read the latest on equine research, horse health, and care and training.The needs of working horses and donkeys in low-to-middle-income countries are being overlooked by governments, with many countries not gathering reliable data on equine populations, leaving them vulnerable to disease and at increased threat from the donkey skin trade.

The International Coalition of Working Equids has highlighted the crucial role working horses, donkeys and mules play in supporting sustainable development at a European Union event.