TITLE

Relief Efforts for Afghan Equines

PUB. DATE
February 2002
SOURCE
Practical Horseman;Feb2002, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p16
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports the increase of Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. Factors influencing the migration of Afghans in the place; Physical conditions of the horses, mules and donkeys owned by refugees; Moves of the Brooke Hospital for Animals, an international nonprofit equine-relief organization of improving poor conditions of the animals.
ACCESSION #
6046086

Tags: REFUGEES;  AFGHANS;  ANIMAL health

 

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