10th Annual Donkey Welfare Symposium

Donkey Welfare Symposium - 2022

10th Annual Donkey Welfare Symposium

Sat-Sun, November 12-13, 2022
Davis, Ca

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Saturday, Nov 12 

 

8:30am – 8:40am
Welcome & Opening

Announcements and Introductions
Lais Costa

Opening
Mark Meyers

Welcome the Donkey Community by the One Health Institute at UC Davis
Mike Ziccardi

8:50 am – 12:00 pm
Donkey Adaptations and Domestication
(1030 Gladys Valley Hall)

Donkeys and their Adaptions to Living in the Wild
Erick Lundgren

Donkey Domestication
Fiona Marshall

Donkey Introduction to the New World
Raymond Robbins

Scope of Wild Donkeys in the U.S.: BLM – Wild Donkeys in Western U.S. & Tribal Perspectives Continental U.S.
Eric Davis and Amy Dumas

12:00 pm Lunch 
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm

LIVE SESSIONS: Caring for Donkeys
(Equestrian Center)

First Aid: What You Can Do Before You Call the Veterinarian
Eric and Cindy Davis

Foot/Hoof Care Best Practices – Start with Picking the Feet Safely
Richard Brunner

Handling Donkeys
Payton McKee

Cavallo Booth for Donkeys & Doppelhoof Model for Donkey Hoof Triming
Megan Hensley

2:45 pm  Break
3:10 pm – 5:45 pm 

Panel on First-aid, Handling and Foot Trimming
Moderator: Amy Dumas

How Donkey’s Evolution and Domestication Affected Their Behavior
Ben Hart

Donkey Health Care: Minimize the Use of Antibiotics, Antihelmintics and Pest Management
Alex Thiemann

Diagnostic Tools: Donkey Specific
Erin Goodrich

Feed Selection and Updates on Dietary Options for Donkeys
Karen Davidson

5:45 pm Dinner
Live Music: String Quartet

Saturday Announcement and Introductions 

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Sunday, Nov 13
 
8:20 am
 

Welcome by Global Programs
Woutrina Smith

8:50 am – 5:00 pm
Global Topic of Donkeys
(1030 Gladys Valley Hall)
 
8:30 am – 10:15 am 

Updates on Eijao Ban in the USA – Brooke USA Foundation
Emily Marquez-Dulin

Update on Eijao from Donkey Sanctuary
Sian Edwards

Health Care for Donkeys and Community Solutions
Annemarie

Welfare of Donkeys for Milk Production
Francesca Dai

PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Noel Dybdal

10:15 am

Break

10:30 am – 12:35 pm 
Global Topics - Working Donkeys

Sunday Keynote: “How the United Nations is Addressing Working Equid Welfare”
Ian Cawsey

Working Donkeys in Latin America and the Caribbean
Eduardo Santurtun

Working Donkeys in Peru
Stacy Tinkler

Working Donkeys in Brazil
Pierre Barnabe, Aline Rocha

Working Donkeys in Mexico
Victor Uribiola

PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Rebekah Sullivan / Eric Davis

12:35 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm – 3:05 pm 

From Pack Animals to Polo Donkeys
Fiona Marshall

Harness and Working Donkeys
Joao Rodrigues

Virtual Tour of the Donkey Museum
PVDR

Documentary Trailer: Donkeys in Death Valley
Asali Echols

3:05 pm

Break

3:20 pm – 5:00 pm 

News Hour
Michelle Whitham-Jones, Eric Davis, Erin Goodrich, Ben Hart (moderator)

Case Study of McClure Lake Feral Donkey
Eric and Cindy Davis

Closing Remarks
Mark Meyers

5:00 pm

Social Hour


Closing Remarks

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Speakers, Moderators and Hosts
 

Richard Bruner
Farrier for the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue, San Angelo, TX.

Ian Cawsey, PhD
Director of Advocacy & Campaigns at The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, UK.

Lais R. R. Costa, DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate
ACVIM – Large Animal Internal Medicine and Diplomate
ABVP – Equine Practice

Director of the International Animal Welfare Training Initiative and Coordinator at the One Health Institute, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, USA.

Francesca Dai, DVM, PhD, Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare Specialist
Training and Education Facilitator Europe and Donkey Welfare Adviser at the Italian base of The Donkey Sanctuary.

Cindy Davis, BS, RVT
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Rural Veterinary Experience, Teaching and Service (RVETS).

Eric Davis, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM- Large Animal Internal Medicine, Diplomate ACVS
Former Director of the UC Davis International Animal Welfare Training Institute, Founder and Director of the Rural Veterinary Experience, Teaching and Service (RVETS).

Karen E. Davison, MS, PhD
Director - Equine Technical Solutions for Purina Animal Nutrition, LLC.

Amy Dumas, BS, MS
Program Manager for BLM California’s Wild Horse and Burro Program.

Noël Dybdal, DVM, MA, MSc, DVM, PhD, Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathology
Affiliate Faculty of the International Animal Welfare Training Initiative, Executive Director, Head of Safety Assessment Pathology, at Genentech.

Siân Edwards
Campaign Manager for the ‘Stop the Slaughter – End the Skin Trade’ campaign at The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, UK.

Pierre Escodro, DVM equivalent, MS, PhD
Associate Professor at the Federal University of Alagoas, Leader of the Research And Extension Group
in Equideos (GRUPEQUI-UFAL), AL, Brasil.

Erin Goodrich, DVM, Diplomate ACVPM
Director of the Veterinary Support Services team in the Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC) at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Ben Hart, CHBC, IAABC, ABTC
Senior Lead for Donkey Behaviour and Human Behaviour Change Team at the Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, UK.

Erik Lundgren, BS, PhD
Dr. Lundgren, currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Emily Marquez-Dulin, BA, MA
Emily is Chief Executive Officer of Brooke USA.

Fiona Marshall, BA, PhD
Dr. Marshall is a Professor of Anthropology at Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Payton McKee
Head Trainer at Central Headquarters of the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue, San Angelo, TX.

Mark Meyers
Mark S. Meyers is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue.

Raymond Robbins
Historian and curator for the newly opened “Donkey History Museum” division of the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue, Mesquite, NV, USA.

Aline Rocha, BS, DVM equivalent, MS Candidate
Master’s student in the Animal Science program at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Al, Brasil.

Joao Rodrigues, DVM, PhD
Senior Lead – Welfare Assessment at The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, UK.

Eduardo Santurtun, DVM, MS
Regional Director for The Latin America and Caribbean at The Donkey Sanctuary, International Program
Partnership.

Woutrina Smith, DVM, MPVM, PhD
Director of the Global Programs. And Associate Director of the One Health Institute at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, USA.

Rebekah Sullivan
Lead Veterinary Surgeon for Medicine at The Donkey Sanctuary, Edinburgh.

Alex Thiemann, DVM, MA, Vet MB, MRCVS
Senior Veterinary Surgeon- Education at The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, U.K.

Stacy Tinkler, DVM, MPH, Diplomate ACVIM - Large Animal Internal Medicine
Head of Veterinary Services at the Donkey Sanctuary Ireland, Board member and Vice-President of the
Equitarian Initiative (EI), EI Project Leader in the Cusco region of Peru.

Victor Uribiola, DVM
Coordinator of the Rural Veterinary Experience, Teaching and Service (RVETS) in Mexico.

Annemarie van Zijl, BS, MS
Founder and Editor of Donkeys for Africa and cofounder of Eseltjiesrus Donkey Sanctuary in South Africa.

Michelle Whitham Jones, PhD
Head of Education Program at the Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, UK.

Mike Ziccardi, DVM, MPVM, PhD
Director of the One Health Institute and Health Science Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine & Epidemiology at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, USA.