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SaddleAid

@SaddleAid

SaddleAid is the only UK charity dedicated to improving animal harness in low income countries. Also saddles to help women in remote areas travel to give birth.

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Joined March 2014
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This animation explains the principles of draft/draught harness using a neck collar. Included are definitions of neck collar, line of draft, point of draft, angle of draft, angle of pull, centre of gravity, centre of resistance and ground draft. youtu.be/DYl9il2Mnp0
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Please keep emailing your MP and @BorisJohnson @10DowningStreet Our mission has expanded - we need support & funds. Going FB live to explain briefly. We need safe travel corridors to airport - actual Embassy staff to talk to. Time is running out. @domdyer70 @BBCBreaking @SkyNews
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Good to see pack animal techniques for carrying medical emergencies from so long ago, and to compare them to @SaddleAid 's innovations in that field today👍
Image from Anthony C Heaford (@MancunianQuiet)
Image from Anthony C Heaford (@MancunianQuiet)
Image from Anthony C Heaford (@MancunianQuiet)
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Gain an understanding of the principles of balanced draft in harnessing animals for work, very important for animal welfare and work efficiency. youtu.be/bMTdIO5ARQo
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Have a look at the Monami app for recording animal welfare - we use it at SaddleAid for recording the welfare of harness animals monaware.co.uk
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Animal Aid Abroad

Animal Aid Abroad

For the month of June, AAA is campaigning to LOSE THE YOKE HARNESS. Working donkeys in many countries around the world are forced to use yoke harnesses which are heavy, ill-fitting and cause...

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We've updated our website with some new 'About' information and more animations about harnessing saddleaid.org/harnessing

Harnessing | SaddleAid

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Contribution of working livestock is related to transportation of people, water, food & ploughing of agricultural lands. This also facilitates access to food whilst promotes food safety #foodsecurity #workinglivestock #FAO @TheBrooke
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As well as providing #transportation for #people & materials, working #animals across the world have a vital role in providing food, both directly by transporting goods to & from the market, & indirectly by earning money to buy #food. #CFS47 #FoodSecurity #Livestock #SDGs
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Brilliant invention and winner of the Saddle Research Trust Welfare and Performance Award for Saddlery/Equipment in 2018. Wonder who'll be the winners in 2021?🙂🐴🏆
SaddleAid (@SaddleAid) profile pictureSaddleAid@SaddleAid14 Dec 2020
SaddleAid have been working to provide emergency saddles to remote areas since 2012, including the mountains of Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Nepal and Morocco #workingequines #donkeys #mules #donkeyambulance #InternationalMountainDay #InternationalMountainDay2020
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SaddleAid have been working to provide emergency saddles to remote areas since 2012, including the mountains of Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Nepal and Morocco #workingequines #donkeys #mules #donkeyambulance #InternationalMountainDay #InternationalMountainDay2020
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See the world through their eyes... Meet Waqas and his horse Raju as they work in the fierce heat of a brick kiln in Pakistan. Our special 360º video will show you their story like never before. bit.ly/2Ja0mEp #BrickKiln360
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Watch this flash talk by our #AnimalWelfare Advisor, Ashleigh Brown on learning needs for working #equine #harness improvement, delivered today @ISAZOfficial's virtual conference #ISAZ2020 ⬇️ bit.ly/2Gvwxgn
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Are you joining the 29th @ISAZOfficial Virtual #Conference this week? Brooke's Global #AnimalWelfare Advisor will be talking about our collaboration with @SaddleAid to alleviate harness-related injury and suffering for working horses, donkeys and mules. #ISAZ2020
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Most working #equids are operated with some form of #harnessing - ranging from simple means of pack attachment, to complex systems of hitching multiple animals to carts...
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Harness-related #welfare problems are amongst the most prevalent afflictions for working #equids, and include skin lesions and associated risk of infection, pain and discomfort during work, and additional energy expenditure due to working inefficiently. #ISAZ2020
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Brooke & @SaddleAid undertook #research to understand learning needs around #harnessing with equine welfare practitioners from 12 countries. The project revealed gaps in knowledge & confidence that will inform our programme. Tune into our talk @ISAZOfficial conference. #ISAZ2020
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The @ISAZOfficial conference is this week! We look forward to Brooke’s animal #welfare expert Ashleigh Brown giving a talk on our #harness improvement project with @SaddleAid. To find out more about the project, visit bit.ly/2YY4ZGC #ISAZ2020
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Ashleigh has been at Brooke since 2009, and is responsible for offering technical, scientific and ethical guidance to ensure that Brooke and partners adhere to the highest standards of animal welfare ➡️ bit.ly/2EsQMu3 #WomensEqualityDay
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Mules and horses saving lives in the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia #InternationalWorkingAnimalDay
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