History of the Brooke Hospital for Animals (“The Brooke”)

In 1930, our founder, Mrs Dorothy Brooke, travelled to Egypt's capital, Cairo, where she encountered thousands of ex-cavalry horses being used as beasts of burden on its streets. Many of them had seen service in the First World War. After the conflict ended in 1918 they had been sold by the British Army into a life of hard labour. Mrs Brooke was tormented by the memory of the pitiful creatures she saw. On her return to England she wrote a letter to the Morning Post, which later became the Daily Telegraph, exposing their plight and appealing for funds to help save them. The public was so moved they responded with the equivalent today of £20,000 to help end their suffering. Within three years, Mrs Brooke had set up a committee to help fund the purchase of 5,000 of these tragic animals. Most were old and in the final stages of collapse and had to be humanely destroyed but thanks to this remarkable woman they all ended their lives peacefully with love and dignity.

What The Brooke does

The Brooke’s methods are simple, inexpensive and can be learned and implemented by local people. These include building water troughs and shade shelters, educating owners in the welfare of their animals and supplying medical items to treat minor injuries. Animals in work can enjoy companionship and social interaction with people and their own species. Brooke believes that working animals should be rewarded with consideration, care and relief of suffering.

The Brooke’s vision is a world in which working horses, donkeys and mules are free from suffering. To make this vision a reality, Brooke delivers practical programmes and provides support, advice and infrastructure to its global network of employees, partners and supporters.

Brooke staff and those employed by Brooke funded affiliates and partners provide veterinary and animal health services in order to relieve the suffering of working horses, donkeys and mules.

Thousands of training sessions take place every year so that community animal health workers can treat working horses, donkeys and mules locally.

Internationally we work with governments and other institutions to raise the profile of working equine animals on policy and development programmes.

The Jersey Supporters Group (“JSG”)

Our aims are:
(a) To raise awareness of the work of The Brooke Hospital for Animals
(“The Brooke”), a charity registered with the Charity Commission for
England and Wales. Number 1085760.

(b) To support The Brooke by raising funds to help pay for the work that
it does in improving equine animal welfare in Africa, Asia, Latin
America and the Middle East.

The aim of the JSG is to raise £20,000 per year by organising events that raise awareness of Brooke's work.

Annual events include:

Quiz Night
Tack Sale
Handbags & Glad Rags Dress Sale
Car Boot Sales
Samares Country Fair
Brooke-a-Brac at the Guide Dogs Biggest Book Sale
Clip Clop Carols

Please see the Brooke Jersey Supporters Group Facebook page for details

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