Saving the Slumdog Donkeys on SKY Ch280

NEWS FLASH FOR ALL THE ASSWIN PROJECT UK SUPPORTERS

The Barron TV documentary "Saving the Slumdog Donkeys" is to be shown on   SKY CH280 on Fri 8th Nov.. at 9pm, Sat 9th Nov at 7pm and Tues 12th Nov at 10pm  (Horse and Country TV.

Please get your friends to watch.

Jean and Bob

Caused by a vehicle. These are not accidents but results of careless driving.. Drivers stop for humans. Why not for animals?

Yes,

 We are actually back after a prolonged visit to the UK  in order to raise more funds and muster up more support. Once we have taken a deep breath we will post an update of the events which have been taking place during our absence.

Jean and Bob 

Back in harness after 3 months visit to UK. Jean and Bob

THIS ONE GOOD REASON WHY THE ASSWIN PROJECT IS TRYING TO HELP THE WORKING DONKEYS IN INDIA. HOW THE POOR CREATURE HAD RECEIVED THE HORRENDOUS WOUND IS NOT KNOWN  BUT THE DAMAGE WAS DOWN TO THE SKULL AND THE FLESH WAS BEING EATEN AWAY BY MAGGOTS!!!!!!!

NASTY BUT TRUE AND WE DON'T EXPECT ANY OF OUR SUPPORTERS ON BLOG OR FACEBOOK TO "LIKE" THIS ONE

JEAN AND BOB

.Since  The Asswin Project moved into the shelter provided by the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon almost 3 years ago, the surrounding rural area has become subjected to urbanisation with construction sites
going on everywhere. The result is that donkeys are being used at the sites and there are more and more cases  of sickness and injuries to them. Over the pas t 3 weeks 4 donkeys have had to be admitted to the shelter for medical care. One had  severe colic caused by a blockage in the rectum. Luckily the team managed  to remove the blockage which was as big as tennis ball and made up of polythene, string and bits of wood. The donkey was relieved of its pain and its life was saved

The second case was a 5 months old female donkey which had been attacked by feral dogs and had suffered nasty wounds at the base of her ears and to tops of her legs. The team duly treated  and dressed the wounds and administered necessary antibiotics..   

Photos of another pup ,who

Today's photos:

SOOTY: another rescued pup who likes to sleep on carrots and another discarded and emaciated wedding
horse ( in addition to other problems she had maggots in her vagina - nasty but the horrible truth

The Asswin Project Facebook

Following on from our post on 12 April.we are able to announce that The Asswin Project was featured in the UK newspaper THE TIMES on 15 April ( check the internet TIMES page under "Delhi donkeys find a friend in retired Essex dinner lady".

The Project  mourns the death of Dr S K Chawla, a diagnostic technician who was arue friend since Jean and Bob first came to help the donkeys in 1998. Our respects do out to Dr. Chawla's wife and  his family.

Attached are photos of needy donkeys taking rest and good food at the shelter

Following on from our post in January here are a few photos of severe cases which needed hospitalisation
so that their wounds could be attended to on a daily basis in a clean environment and they could rest and have good food.

16  February 2013.

A new addition at the shelter!

Jean and Bob

Happy New Year to all our supporters

After two years of reorganisation we are now ready to face the New Year with renewed energy and fresh ideas. In the UK we have had a change over of our management committee members and the details of the new members can be seen on the website which has kindly been revamped by Mike Turner. We thank Virinia Harrison and Tony Frost for their support and hard work since the Asswin Project was started and welcome Sarah, Ann, and Malcolm (all of the Noble family) who have replaced them and have already made a great impact.

Here in India the work is extremely time consuming and, although we still visit  donkeys at work sites and at their owners' camps, we now have to focus more on the work at the shelter which was provided  by the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon some 18 months ago. It was found that there was a need for a shelter where seriously injured and sick donkeys could be cared for on a daily basis by a team of employees in a clean environment rather than at the sites and camps especially as it has not been guaranteed that daily visits
to attend to the needy donkeys could be made