The Mobile Equine Ambulance has been an integral part of the Friendicoes SECA Projects for the last 3 decades. Started in 1983 by Friendicoes to help all the working Equines in and around Delhi, the project was later expanded to provide treatment to hundreds of working equines with our team and horse ambulance across four states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana.
This Project was started with the aim to reach out to all those working equines who provide a strong backbone to the rural economy of India but are often denied the basic medical care due to lack of medical facilities and the owners ignorance. These animals live a hard life pulling burdens and carrying loads, suffering at the hands of their masters who see them only as a means of earning, devoid of any physical and emotional feelings. By extending its help to these animals the Equine Team is also indirectly contributing to the welfare of the owner’s family.
The Equine Team has under its care over 2500 working Equines who would otherwise have to do without any medical treatment. Saddle sores, burn wounds from brick kiln heat, lameness are just a few of the varying maladies that these animals endure on a regular basis. Old and injured animals are also often abandoned around brick kilns after the brick season is over. The presence of the Equine team ensures that these animals are brought back to the Friendicoes Country Sanctuary in Gurgaon where they live their remaining lives in peace and comfort.
The Equine team also helps build shade shelters and water troughs for the working equines in areas where there is no easy access to drinking water or shelter from the natural elements. Dehydration during summers and colic during winters are very common problems. The Mobile Equine Ambulance trains and educates the owners to take care of their animals in an emergency and provide first aid to reduce discomfort and pain.
The team runs 6 days a week covering 20 stands and an additional 29 brick kilns (during the brick kiln season) spread across the 4 states providing medical assistance to the animals.