About Animal Care in Egypt...
ACE started as a simple idea to give
working animals a break from their long working day in the
hot sun, somewhere they could have their tack removed, a
wash and a drink. The dirt and sweat under the tack was
rubbing, causing sores and eventually open wounds. Now many
of these sores are being prevented by teaching the owners
to regularly wash their animals.
ACE has now evolved into a fully functioning veterinary
hospital with up to 200 animals visiting a day (most requiring
some sort of medical attention), ranging from water buffalo,
camels, horses and donkeys to cats, dogs and even tortoises.
ACE knows that most visitors rarely see the thousands of
working animals serving the needs of the tourist industry.
They are still used as the main transport for most things,
from the bricks, steel and cement used in building, to the
huge amount of food and drink consumed in Luxor every day.
These animals are almost always overloaded and overworked.
ACE is trying to improve the lives of these animals not
only by treatment but also by education and prevention.
The service ACE provides is free to the poor owners who
rely so heavily on their animals to feed, clothe and house
their families.
ACE is completely funded by voluntary donation and needs
your help to continue this vital work.
Learn more...
Learn how you can support ACE in
its important work by visting the ACE website by clicking
their logo below:
ACE Education...
This picture from the ACE website
shows a group of local school children on an educational
visit to Animal Care in Egypt. ACE does all it can to educate
the Egyptians in the best ways of looking after all their
animals and with more school groups coming to Animal Care
in Egypt they can hopefully point them in the right direction.
ACE realises that spending a few hours at Animal Care in
Egypt on one school trip will not be enough so they are
aiming at a proper education program for the schools in
and around Luxor.
It is necessary to teach the young children how to care
for and treat their animals kindly. ACE are actively pursuing
this through the Ministry of Education.
Ma'at Tours Supporting ACE...
Ma'at Tours has undertaken to promote
the work of ACE in the Asia-Pacific Region. We do this by
means such as this webpage, through our lectures and other
programs, and by letting our tour participants know about
ACE and how they can support the work of ACE.
We invite our tour participants to
consider making a cash donation to ACE while we are in Luxor.
We also ask them to consider supporting ACE's 'collar and
lead' scheme by bringing a dog collar and lead with them
from home to donate once we are in Luxor.
Why?
At Animal Care in Egypt they actively
encourage children to bring their dogs in by offering them
a free collar and lead (when they can) and while they are
with them they can treat them for worms and fleas. In Luxor
dogs are used to guard the house and are normally tied up
outside with a piece of string or wire. Seldom, if ever
moved, they are tormented by ticks, fleas and mites and
live on a diet of bread. On several occasions they have
had to operate to remove the embedded string or wire from
dogs necks, all have been successful.
Getting these dogs in for treatment is a real success for
Animal Care in Egypt as afterwards the child is so proud
of their dog's new lead and collar the dog is walked rather
than left tied up. More and more dogs are being taken for
walks around Gouahera village, something previously unheard
of.
And yes, Patricia and Mike are animal
lovers: we have 3 dogs (including a Great Dane), 8 cats,
and various Anglo-Nubian goats and fish on our property.
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