ABOUT BROOKE
We are Brooke, an international equine welfare organisation that has been working tirelessly for the last 90 years to improve the lives of working horses, donkeys, and mules, as well as the people from different communities who own them. To know more visit Brooke Global Page.
BROOKE INDIA
Brooke India (BI), an affiliate of Brooke, is committed to enhancing the lives of working horses, donkeys, and mules in India. BI strives to create lasting change by addressing the needs of both the working equids and their owners. BI's programmatic approach focuses on two key aspects: improving equine health and welfare and developing the economic and social conditions of marginalised equine-owning communities. BI started its operations in India 1999 as a mobile ambulance team providing free treatment to suffering animals. Over the years, it has evolved into a sustainable and collaborative organisation that works closely with equine-owning communities, government organisations, knowledge institutions, non-profit organisations, research agencies, and animal husbandry and rural development departments at central and state government levels.​
Through its advocacy efforts and engagement with national and state governments, BI has successfully integrated an equine welfare-centric approach into India's livestock and animal welfare policies.
2016: Enhanced compensation for euthanasia of Glanders-affected equines
2016: Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) issued guidelines for veterinary, farriery services, and management at equine fairs
2017: Recognition of working equines as livestock
2022: AWBI issued welfare guidelines for working equines in brick kilns
2023: Uttar Pradesh Livestock Development Board included equine medicines and vaccines in government veterinary hospitals
2023: Animal Husbandry Department advised using small tags and microchips in equines and is considering subsidizing microchipping
2023: BI initiated subsidised equine insurance in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh
2024: The Uttar Pradesh government issued Glanders-free certificates for transported equines due to BI’s advocacy
Our mission is to achieve immediate and lasting positive change to the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules and the communities that depend on them.
Our vision is of a world in which working horses, donkeys and mules are free from suffering and have a life worth living.
BROOKE THEORY OF CHANGE
Our Theory of Change is how we believe change happens in the world.
In order to sustainably improve equine welfare, we recognise the complex interaction between the equine, the equine-owning communities, and the system within which they co-exist. We believe that change in human behaviour needs to happen at all levels in order to achieve transformational change for the equines and the communities that rely on them for their livelihoods.
Brooke Hospital for Animals (India)
H.O.: Joy Tower (4th Floor), C-20/1-A/1, Sector 62, Noida - 201301 (Uttar Pradesh)
Registered Office: F-310 B, Aditya Arcade, Preet Vihar, Delhi-110092 (India)
Email: mail@thebrookeindia.org | Tel. : +91 120 2400404 | Website: www.thebrooke.org/our-work/india
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