Management and welfare needs of donkeys in the rural areas of Noushahro Feroze, Pakistan

Abstract

In this study a concise review was provided, discussing the management of donkeys in the rural area of Naushahro Feroze Sindh Pakistan. In this area donkeys are commonly used for the transport ion of clay bricks, mud, and grain for grinding, manure from pens to field, crop harvests from fields to stores and market places, crop residues from fields to homesteads for storage, plowing and weeding, and it also as a means of transportation for people. Thus, the donkey is used more as a carting animal (transport) than for cultivation tasks (plowing and weeding). Need exists that, institutions should provide awareness for donkey care and health. There is also need to provide trainings to farmers on such subjects such as management, welfare, and healthcare etc.

The development of the AWIN welfare assessment protocol for donkeys

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Donkeys as an Alternate Domestic Pack-animal in the Arid Zone of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

“…Horses, donkeys and camels are the major drought animals (Ul-Allah, 2014; Khan et al, 2013). These are used in the rainy areas and pastoral societies tends to be a male-dominated work environment (Lochi et al, 2014). Work in farms are mostly done by men and assisted by women by helping in to the accessary activities or have secondary role in weeding, planting, harvesting and animal grazing activities (Baba, 2015).…”