A solution, one that acknowledges ground realities as opposed to taking a top-down approach, was recently proposed by the local chapter of an equine welfare charity. Highlighting the vital role Karachi’s donkeys play in moving the city’s refuse, particularly in underserviced areas, as well as the risks to donkeys and their owners, it proposed not […]
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government is planning to export donkeys in the province to attract annual investment of up to Rs 4.7 million. The plan, however, has triggered alarm among those who use the beast of burden as their primary source of income owing to fears that it will drive up the already high prices of the […]
Maddie, like all animals in the farm industry, was born with a death sentence hanging over her head. However, fate intervened and this beautiful goat’s life took an unexpected twist. Now living a dream life at Indraloka Sanctuary, what came before was far from the pretty picture that the so called ‘humane’ farming industry would have us believe. We […]
Invisible Helpers in Pakistan by D. Valette, Invisible Helpers: Women’s views on the contributions of working donkeys, horses and mules to their lives, The Brooke, 2014. Poverty is widespread in Pakistan and is particularly predominant in rural areas. As many as 58.7 million people in Pakistan are living in poverty. Nearly two thirds of the population […]
By Sadia Qasim Shah It was a festival and children were happily insisting and pulling their parents to let them ride it. The old white horse having a colorful harness and other gaudy embellishments seemed lifeless. `Why the long face?’. On a closer look at the horse, it turned out that tissue in one eye […]