Alleviating Poverty
through Working Equine Welfare
There are an estimated 100 million
working equine animals in the developing world.
The Brooke recognises that while working
equine animals play a key role in poor households, both for rural smallholders
and for families running small urban transport businesses, they are largely
invisible in international development policy and plans.
They are not included
with other livestock in agricultural and food security discussions, nor do they
feature in transport policy because they do not have a positive, powerful,
modern image.
Their economic value is hard to
articulate and they are not part of export or trade debates like cattle and
small ruminants. Where working animals do appear in government statistics, the
information provided is often unreliable, and research into working animals is
not well funded.

The Brooke hosted conference with
organisations from international development, animal welfare sectors,
policy making bodies, and animal welfare researchers.
Download full report ‘Alleviating Poverty through
Working Equine Welfare’: http://www.thebrooke.org/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/47787/INGO_Supporter_Conference_Report1.pdf
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