Third World Problems, and a little bit of perspective

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Whilst we are all arguing about if shoes/barefoot is cruel, and what is an acceptable amount of food to feed our 'skinny' tbs, and if not rugging is wrong in Egypt people are struggling to feed themselves, let alone their horses...
This is PFK who im pretty sure at least a few people will know about, with one of their lovely horses 'SuSu' with some before and after shots.
This post isnt looking for a fight, or anyones better than thou opinion, just some perspective...
Enjoy :)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1556985.102807.198177013561449&type=1&theater

will upload a photo in a minute too, incase the link doesnt work :)
 
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Eygpt isnt a third world country but when terrorism and pyramids etc had problems horses were just left to starve. India the horses are not well fed nor the dogs(hairless mange etc). Lame horses have to work. We are very spoilt.What is sad in India it is not a poor country, filthy rich live aside the poor. But there is food around they are not starving. Very corrupt etc. Anyhow yes it is sad , politics and greed etc. But before and after pic good to whoever got the horse back to health.
 
I know, there has been a massive shift of power recently which has made the rich richer, but equally the poor poorer... it was a good tagline though :cool:
This group have done some fantastic work, they also 'foster' ill horses and usually give the owners of the horse a fit, well horse to use whilst theres is re cooperating so the families dont suffer. Its some truely inspirational work, just thought it was worth a mention :)
 
Lovely picture, and well done for bringing her up to such a high standard of health.

You're right. It does put things into perspective. A few years ago, my husband and son did the Plymouth-Banjul Rally (buy a car for less than £500, and drive it nearly 4000 miles to Banjul (The Gambia) where car is sold and proceeds go to local charities). Anyway, one of them took a photo of some of the competitors driving though a town in Senegal. Cheery picture of a line of participant cars at traffic lights - lots of smiles etc. But, in the half background, a donkey cart is emerging from a side-street. The donkey is skeletal and almost on its knees, the cart is piled as high as itself again with timber, and the driver is standing up on the front of the cart, lashing the donkey with his whip. My son said he felt physically sick when he looked at the photos.

Bad things happen to animals here, but thank heaven they are not the norm.
 
Amazing she was still alive at all in that condition! Are her withers/back funny shaped I can't quite see?

That is nice that the charity take care of the sick horse and give them a replacement to work with. I feel that a lot of these people would be taking care of their animals a lot better if they could, after all it must cost them an awful lot to buy a donkey or horse to use for work. I am all for helping the people to help their animals who serve them, otherwise going over and simply rescuing sick animals in countries devastated by poverty... It just seems a bit futile to me.
 
I've often thought that if I had a starving child crying for food & a lame donkey to carry to market the only things I had to sell then the lame donkey would have to do the job. Some people are between a rock & a hard place. Sad but true. I had better switch the computer off for the day now before I cause any trouble.
 
I think that is the general opinion of the group- that they would if they could, which is why they do so much to help them even though, really these would be termed neglect cases in this country- i think her back is a normal shape, and you can just see everything going on due to severe emaciation :(

They also hold clinics to treat wounds, give medication for malaria and worm horses. They have paid for a british dentist to go out and treat as many horses as they can get through in 3 days, and an australian farrier and vet 'dr Jude' went over for a week last year. Everything is geared towards education- the denist and farrier updated the training of the 'professionals' over there, and also taught the yard manager basic dentistry and trimming skills so they could keep on top of the work done. :)

I think its quite inspirational, and gives me a good sense of grounding everytime I have a bad schooling session with mine, or worrying he isnt carrying quite as much weight as he should be.
 
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