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Jane Burgess retweeted
Yet again, a shearer pled guilty to FIVE animal cruelty charges after video footage obtained by PETA exposed him stomping on a sheep’s neck while continuing to shear him 💔 We reported the abuse. Read how the footage brought this case to court 👉 bit.ly/4AbDEQI
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Jane Burgess retweeted
More orphaned pups as their mom was killed by the dog culling teams. This is what is happening in Pakistan as we speak and yet the world turns a blind eye to the plight of the Pakistan dogs. Please world supprt us, our dogs matter too 🙏🏼
Jane Burgess retweeted
To someone outside Pakistan, this image might look like a kind man about to feed a dog. In reality, this dog was being fed poisoned meat 💔
Look at that innocent soul, grateful for a tiny bit of food, never knowing the next moments would bring unbearable pain and death.
This is the horrific culling reality we fight against every single day in Pakistan. So why don’t small, frontline rescues get the support we desperately need? 😢
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Jane Burgess retweeted
Two days ago, Ronnie collapsed on the road — exhausted, overworked, and unable to keep his hind legs beneath him.
Today, after treatment and rest, he is trying again.
He is still wobbly and far from fully recovered, but he is fighting for every step. He even wants to roll in the dust, yet seems to know that if he lies all the way down, getting back up will still be difficult.
Ronnie must not return to work.
His owner also has severe mobility problems and walks with crutches. He cannot safely ride or operate a standard motorbike-style cart, so this case needs a different solution.
Instead of replacing Ronnie with another donkey, we are now looking at helping his owner establish a small grocery shop or another suitable livelihood — so Ronnie can retire permanently and no other animal takes his place.
Please SHARE Ronnie’s story. We need new people to see it if we are going to complete his Second Chance. 🫏💙
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Jane Burgess retweeted
Ronnie desperately wanted to roll in the dust today… but he stopped himself.
It was heartbreaking to watch. He knows that once he goes down, getting back onto his feet is still incredibly difficult. So he tried to enjoy the dust without fully lying down — and when he finally needed help, our team was there to lift him back up.
His treatment continues. His walk is still wobbly, especially in the hind legs, but it is already better than when he arrived. And Ronnie is trying so hard. Every step feels like determination.
Now we also have to solve the other half of this rescue.
Ronnie’s owner walks on crutches and has significant problems with his legs. He has explained that he cannot safely sit astride or operate a standard motorbike-style cart, including using the accelerator with his leg.
But there are two things we simply cannot do:
We cannot send Ronnie back to work.
And we cannot replace him with another healthy donkey and move the suffering onto another animal.
So we are looking at a different Second Chance.
Instead of a motor cart, we are considering helping his owner establish a small grocery shop — within a similar budget — just as we successfully did for another elderly working-equine owner before.
Ronnie gets his retirement.
His owner keeps a dignified livelihood.
And no new donkey takes Ronnie’s place.
That is what real rescue should achieve: not just removing one suffering animal, but breaking the cycle behind the suffering.
Please help us make this possible — and most importantly, SHARE Ronnie’s story beyond our usual circle so new people can become part of his Second Chance. 🫏💙
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Jane Burgess retweeted
A heartfelt thank you to the few people who stepped forward last night for this donkey’s motor cart. 💙
The truth is, our regular supporters have already given what they could. They are the same small handful of people who carry so much of our work again and again.
Now the appeal has stopped.
It will not move forward unless this story reaches new people.
Please SHARE it beyond our usual circle. We do not need the same few hearts to keep giving more — we need new hearts to find us.
That is the only way we can complete his Second Chance. 🫏💙
Two lives are tied to one decision — and we cannot make the wrong one.
This is the donkey who collapsed while pulling a heavily loaded cart.
Today, he is safe with us.
He is standing again. He is trying to walk again. But his hind legs are still weak and unstable, and one thing is absolutely clear:
This donkey is NOT fit to return to work.
We cannot send him back to a cart. We cannot put weight behind him again. We cannot wait for him to collapse a second time.
But there is another side to this story.
His owner came to our shelter today. He himself has a significant mobility impairment and walks with the help of a crutch.
And this donkey was his means of earning a living.
Since the rescue, he has been calling us repeatedly. He has come to the shelter because he needs his livelihood back.
We understand that.
But the answer cannot be to send this donkey back to work.
So now we have only one humane solution:
We must retire this donkey permanently and provide his owner with a specially adapted motorised cart so he can continue earning without ever depending on a working donkey again.
This is exactly why TAWF created our Second Chance for Working Equines programme.
It is not enough to rescue an exhausted animal for one night and then return him to the same cycle.
We have to break that cycle.
The donkey must stay safe. The owner must still have a way to earn. And another donkey must never be brought in to replace him.
We need your help once again.
This case has already touched thousands of people. You helped his story reach the world when he collapsed.
Now we need you to help us finish his story properly.
Please help us give this donkey the retirement he desperately needs — and give his owner a humane alternative livelihood.
We cannot send him back to work.
We will not send him back to work.
Now we need your help to make sure he never has to work again.
Please DONATE if you can.
And please SHARE this post. One share can put this story in front of the person who can change both of their lives. ❤️
🌐 Donate online:
tawf.org.uk/donate
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Jane Burgess retweeted
Everywhere we posted this donkey’s story, people said the same thing:
“Maybe if this man knew what it felt like when your own legs cannot carry you, he would understand.”
“Maybe if he had to live with that helplessness himself, he would finally feel compassion.”
And tonight, looking carefully at the video, I realised something that genuinely shocked me:
He already does.
The donkey’s owner himself walks with crutches.
He already knows what it is to depend on weakened legs. He already knows what it is to struggle with mobility.
Yet when this donkey’s hind legs gave way and he collapsed on the road, the response was not concern. It was: nothing is wrong with him. He is just being stubborn. Give me my donkey back.
All day, almost every hour, the calls kept coming.
That is the part I cannot stop thinking about.
We often believe suffering automatically teaches empathy. That if someone has felt pain themselves, they will recognise it in another living being.
But clearly, pain alone does not always teach compassion.
Sometimes a person can know helplessness intimately—and still refuse to see it in someone standing right in front of them.
And that may be the most disturbing part of this entire story.
He collapsed in the road, still attached to a vegetable cart.
His owner’s response?
“He just came here and lay down.”
As if he had chosen to lie there. As if he was being lazy, stubborn or simply creating drama.
We still don’t know what caused him to become so exhausted that he collapsed. But one stranger understood something his owner did not:
This donkey needed help.
A passerby stopped, called TAWF and stayed there. He insisted that the donkey be rescued and made sure he was allowed to leave with our team.
Without that stranger standing up for him, we may never have been able to rescue him.
Luckily, our donkey rescue vehicle happened to be only 4 km away. We immediately diverted it and brought him to our shelter.
Our veterinary team has worked on him throughout the day, and thankfully:
He is back on his feet. ❤️
Yet his owner has been calling repeatedly, wanting him back and insisting there was nothing really wrong — that the passerby unnecessarily forced his rescue.
Tomorrow, we have asked the owner to come to our shelter so we can learn more of his story.
But tonight, he is safe with us.
This is what working animals face far too often.
Exhaustion is called laziness.
Pain is called stubbornness.
Collapse is called drama.
But today, while one human dismissed his suffering, another human stopped, spoke up and refused to walk away.
To that stranger: we salute you. ❤️
Please SHARE. Another working animal somewhere may be waiting for someone just like him to stop and speak up.
🌐 Donate:
tawf.org.uk/donate
Jane Burgess retweeted
Two lives are tied to one decision — and we cannot make the wrong one.
This is the donkey who collapsed while pulling a heavily loaded cart.
Today, he is safe with us.
He is standing again. He is trying to walk again. But his hind legs are still weak and unstable, and one thing is absolutely clear:
This donkey is NOT fit to return to work.
We cannot send him back to a cart. We cannot put weight behind him again. We cannot wait for him to collapse a second time.
But there is another side to this story.
His owner came to our shelter today. He himself has a significant mobility impairment and walks with the help of a crutch.
And this donkey was his means of earning a living.
Since the rescue, he has been calling us repeatedly. He has come to the shelter because he needs his livelihood back.
We understand that.
But the answer cannot be to send this donkey back to work.
So now we have only one humane solution:
We must retire this donkey permanently and provide his owner with a specially adapted motorised cart so he can continue earning without ever depending on a working donkey again.
This is exactly why TAWF created our Second Chance for Working Equines programme.
It is not enough to rescue an exhausted animal for one night and then return him to the same cycle.
We have to break that cycle.
The donkey must stay safe. The owner must still have a way to earn. And another donkey must never be brought in to replace him.
We need your help once again.
This case has already touched thousands of people. You helped his story reach the world when he collapsed.
Now we need you to help us finish his story properly.
Please help us give this donkey the retirement he desperately needs — and give his owner a humane alternative livelihood.
We cannot send him back to work.
We will not send him back to work.
Now we need your help to make sure he never has to work again.
Please DONATE if you can.
And please SHARE this post. One share can put this story in front of the person who can change both of their lives. ❤️
🌐 Donate online:
tawf.org.uk/donate
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Jane Burgess retweeted
We used to reach thousands of people, but now we’re lucky if 1,000 see our posts. This drop in reach is directly hurting the animals who rely on us every day 💔.
If you see Nova then please drop a heart or a comment, like, or retweet to help push it past X’s algorithm filters.
Your interaction literally saves lives by keeping our work visible 🙏🏼
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