Walking Tour of our Veterinary Care Center
The generous gifts from our donors is providing medical care for working animals in North Africa … helping their owners to survive. And now, you can see it for yourself — through a simple but deeply gratifying 3-minute video. I think you’ll love this brief and personal “walking tour” of our veterinary care center in Morocco. […]
American Fondouk Newsletter/Volume 1/Issue 1/Summer 2021
Exactly one year to the day after Covid’s arrival in Morocco, I couldn’t help but look back in amazement.The frontiers closed with a bang that day. Police seemed to come out of the woodwork in numbers, setting up roadblocks every 300 yards and fiercely enforcing the nation’s airtight lockdown.
Simo needed 8 kgs of bran a day. When he came to us, you could see his ribs.
When you truly love all animals as we do, you can’t stand to see even one in pain. As an animal lover yourself, you know in your heart they can feel physical pain. Emotional pain. And suffer like any of us. But nothing is more visceral than the pain of chronic hunger. That’s what Simo […]
An orphan foal survived, thanks to quick thinking and a surrogate mother!
You may think you’ve heard about every way American Fondouk saves animal lives. But you haven’t heard anything yet! A desperate owner brought his pregnant horse to American Fondouk because he didn’t know how to help her give birth. No problem! Every morning, there’s a line of worried owners and hurting animals at our gates. […]
Abandoned in a filthy canal, we rushed in to save Amine!
Amine was one little donkey in a whole lot of trouble. He was left alone to die in an abandoned canal filled with rubbish and mud. We really don’t want to think about what would have happened if we didn’t get the emergency call. Thank goodness, we did. And thank goodness because our supporters keep […]
American Fondouk Newsletter/Volume 1/Issue 1/Summer 2020
As coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread – claiming the lives of vulnerable people and extending its reach across the globe – the American Fondouk remains a refuge of help and hope. We are working day and night to ensure that our lifesaving care is still available to the donkeys, mules, and horses who carry on […]
Hamza had just one hope for survival.
When Hamza first came to American Fondouk, you could see the white cannon bone of his left hindlimb. Dirty and surrounded by dead tissue, this was the kind of wound that can end the ability to walk – and so to live – in the unforgiving terrain of Morocco. Hamza – a bright, alert, and […]
They thought their precious mule could never be saved. Then they came to the American Fondouk
Many are aware of the life-saving work of American Fondouk and they understand just how close the people of Fez are to their working animals. Simply put, they cannot survive without each other. So when an equine is sick or injured, it’s an emergency. When a 15-year-old mule was brought to us with a 17-pound […]
Barn fire burns four-year-old mule. Over 60% of his body had second and third degree burns.
I know … the photos are brutal to look at. Even the most seasoned of our staff were heartbroken and horrified when we first saw “Buddy.” He didn’t actually have a name when he was brought in to American Fondouk. But we found ourselves telling him over and over, “It’ll be okay, Buddy. It’ll be […]
