Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

Re: Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

Hannah Wynne Richards — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:51:02 GMT

There's a photo in this weeks VR of poor donkeys loaded with panniers of stone which was taken in Kenya. Maybe animal welfare has deteriorated since you lived there.

Wynne

Re: Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

bob lehner — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 09:58:30 GMT

[quote user="Hannah Wynne Richards"]

my question was whether donkeys or lorries were used for stone transport in colonial days?

Wynne

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I was not aware of donkeys being used for this on a commercial basis.

Re: Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

Hannah Wynne Richards — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:28:11 GMT

Yes obesity can certainly be a dreadful welfare problem, but my question was whether donkeys or lorries were used for stone transport in colonial days?

Wynne

Re: Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

bob lehner — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:19:01 GMT

[quote user="Hannah Wynne Richards"]

Were poor poor donkeys this badly treated in colonial Kenya, or were lorries used?

Wynne

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Well there are plenty of donkeys in E Africa - but used more for domestic work - carrying fireword etc - and I'm pretty sure that they have a much better life than those poor wretched creatures used commercially in the stone quarries.

It always strikes me as somewhat ironic that the main welfare issues for donkeys in the UK relates to obesity (from lack of work) - possibly rather a reflection of the state of the human species across the globe.

Re: Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

Sammy82 — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:31:47 GMT

Seeing the poor wee girl carrying water on the next page is at least equally upsetting.

Re: Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

Anthony Todd — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:20:51 GMT

Sorry, there's been similar on TV....

Re: Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

Hannah Wynne Richards — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:23:40 GMT

This wasn't an advert - it was a photo of poor overloaded donkeys in the article, "Improving animal health for poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods." Terribly, terribly upsetting.

Wynne

Re: Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

Anthony Todd — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:00:30 GMT

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I was dreadfully upset to see a photo (p528) of poor poor overloaded donkeys.

Wynne

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The irony of that advert is that the donkey may, and almost certainly was, just massively dehydrated, as there is often no water available for the animal from first light to dusk although the charity has all the bells and whistles at their lavish clinics....

[I saw the lame one too]

Charities often look to the image rather than the essentials.

Re: Heartbreaking photo on this week's VR

Hannah Wynne Richards — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 10:28:05 GMT

Bob (Lehner) I see you've been looking at this thread. Were poor poor donkeys this badly treated in colonial Kenya, or were lorries used?

Wynne