Charities such as The Brooke and SPANA are working to ensure that hard-working animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and camels have access to water to drink. Many of these animals are in countries where temperatures are over 40%; they often work for 12 hours a day with little or no shade, or rest, carrying loads which are well over the weight they should be.
One of the great things about both The Brooke and SPANA is that as well as helping owners with veterinary care as needed, they educate them in how to care for their animals to prevent problems occuring in future.
You can help support the work both The Brooke and SPANA do by supporting their efforts to get water to these animals. The Brooke has a Drinks to Go product you can buy in their online shop or water all the year round that you could buy as a gift for a horse or donkey loving friend or relative. Either way, you will be helping animals.
You could also help animals in Morocco, where a gift through SPANA's online shop can give a hard-working horse a drink. A gift of £12 can help fill a trough for a week.
Another thing you can do if you have the space for it is to create a pond to support wildlife. The number of ponds plummeted a fews ago, and there have been some considerable efforts to encourage people to create ponds in their gardens.
Water is becoming scarcer. Think before you use it. Take steps to save it. For instance shower using water sparingly rather than taking a bath. Don't waste it.