Yes, they belong to the people who bring them to EEA for free treatment, we educate and give treatment to any horse that is in need, but we cannot take the horses legally from the owners, as much as we would like to, as we are a vet clinic.

EEA have a no buy policy. After ten years of operations we have seen the ways in which people manipulate the system of animal charities, and buying the animals only opens up a spot for another animal to replace them, a lot like pet shops, and worse, we have seen the animals being made in worse condition to raise the price to the highest bidder.

We accept any visit to take a tour of our facilities with a time previously arranged. We are not open for volunteers and non-medical people due to the nature of safety around the horses as many are abused and defensive, we suggest a donation is the greatest help you can give to the animals. Please see how you can support our work. 

We are avid protestors of working animals and animals used for tourism in Egypt, and the goal of EEA is to become obsolete, we are lobbying to remove all working animals and to enforce laws on welfare that must be followed, but until we get these dreams achieved we believe teaching the young vets and helping as many animals along the way to this is the best way to give aid to the animals.

Every owner is educated thoroughly about how to care for, feed, house, work and handle their own animals properly with kindness and compassion, we spend endless hours talking to every person and child that comes to us. Unfortunately, there still remains a lack of consideration of animals as sentient beings and people are resistant to change this sentiment.

The worst abused horses are more often the wealthier people, horses are a business here in Egypt, and an ugly one. Yes, there is poverty in Egypt, but does poverty mean you must burn your horse across the legs with a red hot poker and mercilessly whip him until he scars or collapses in the road. The pyramids are a dire place where the business of starving and beating horses to prey on tourists wallets thrives, and believe us, it’s thriving, the wealthy sit on the street with his fleet of 30 horses being flogged to death and replaced in an endless cycle while the tourists think it’s the one little boys horse who just needs money for a meal. Over and over we see people taken in by a scam or becoming the scam themselves!

Any horse rescued by EEA will stay under our care for the rest of their lives, we have developed an extremely strict stance on this as we have seen time and time again how stables in Egypt cannot live up to our welfare standards, and that without constant supervision animals are kept with unacceptable often fatal negligence, from private stables to tourism stables this is country wide. Our rescues live free in a large herd, on a separate property under constant care of senior grooms, we do not keep any animals living in pain, they are castrated and introduced to the herd for the rest of their lives to begin.

At EEA, we adhere to a strict set of policies and guidelines to ensure that any decision regarding euthanasia is made with the utmost care and compassion. Our highest priority is always the welfare of the animals, and while euthanasia is a difficult decision, it is sometimes the most humane option.

We endeavour to help all animals in need. If a horse or donkey requires help in the Cairo area, we ask that the owner be located for permission (as there will always be an owner) and that someone remains with the animal until our driver arrives. Unfortunately, due to limited resources, we are unable to allocate staff and vets to spend hours searching for an animal in the complex maze of Cairo’s streets.

There is presently an opportunity in Egypt to further develop its animal welfare laws, aligning these laws with Egypt’s long-term social and economic development goals. Egypt has an opportunity to be a leader in its region, an opportunity that we whole-heartedly support, which we see as benefiting the people and animals of Egypt, and Egypt’s reputation on the world stage. Take action now and find out more.