HELP OUR DELMAN 2012
Himpro
Hewan Kesayangan dan Satwa Akuatik Eksotik
(Association of
Veterinarian Profession in Pets & Aquatic-Exotic Animals)
Faculty
of Veterinary Medicine – Bogor Agricultural University
Balai
Penelitian Bioteknologi Perkebunan Indonesia-Bogor, 26 Mei 2012
Creating
a Better Life for Delman Horses Through
Public
Veterinary Education of Health and Horse Keeping
BACKGROUND
In the present day we
can still find traditional transportation such as delman (horse-drawn carriage), but lately delmans have not yet received enough attention from the government.
Not only being considered as a cause of traffic jam, delmans are also known to soil and damage the traffic road. The
government’s restriction for delmans
to operate decreases the horsemen’s daily income, meanwhile the basic needs of
the horsemen and their family must be fullfilled.
The relatively low
income and lack of knowledge of horsemen cause the horses to be under a poor
care. This does not mean the lack of love from the horsemen, but the lack of
medical knowledge about horse. The horsemen are still unfamiliar about the
proper type, frequency, and techniques of feed suitable for the horse. Proper
health maintenance of the horse is also still unknown. These are the purposes
that become the foundation of Help Our Delman 2012.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of Help
Our Delman 2012 are:
1. To
educate horsemen on how to care for their horses in the most proper and
responsible way. This includes on how to be a passionate horse owner,
understand basic horse health maintenance, feed, sanitize stable, groom the
horse, know the importance of veterinarian, and know the right emergency
treatment
2. To
raise awareness of the society on horse health and welfare
3. To
increase the knowledge on veterinary medicine student about practical skills on
horse management and also the social skills to communicate with the society as
future clients
4. To
facilitate animal lovers, especially horse lovers, and also organizations that operate
in the welfare of companion animals to share thoughts and ideas
5. To
facilitate companies that operate in companion animals especially horses to
introduce their products
ISSUE
The issue that we will
raise in Help Our Delman this year is Creating
a Better Life for Delman Horses Through Public Veterinary Education of Health
and Horse Keeping.
OUTPUTS
The output expected
from this event is a better life for the horses and horsemen which comes from a
better knowledge of horse health and maintainance. With the help of starter
packs that will be given, we hope there will be a increasement of the horses’s
health and welfare. This event will also create a better relation between the
veterinary society and public society. The Help Our Delman event will also
awaken back the public’s interest on delman as traditional transportation and
recreation. The use of delman as a transportation will also decrease the
polution in Bogor.
METHODS
AND PROCESS
By referring the issue
of Help Our Delman 2012, we arange this event into these few activities:
1.
Survey
and The Make of Documentary Movie
The purpose of the survey is to acknowledge the true
condition of the delmans, how far the
horsemen understand about horses, how they take care of the horses, and the
obsticles they all face in their daily operation. The survey will be
documentated into a movie.
The documentary movie will be shown to the speaker
of the talkshow before the event so the speaker will be able to prepare the
proper lecture compatible with the condition of delman. The movie will be
guided with english subtitle and will also be uploaded in Help Our Delman
website (helpourdelman.blogspot.com) in order to be accessible by the public.
Therefore to attract any future donatures who are willing to support this
cause. The future sponsors will be given the opportunity to watch this
documentary. We will also present the documentary movie in the Help Our Delman
event.
2.
Talkshow with Equine Veterinarian
The main goal of this event is to educate horsemen
the proper care of horses. We will invite an experienced veterinarian horse
practition as an expert. Before the talkshow, the speaker will show a
documentary to give an outlook of the talkshow that will be presented.
The expert will give a lecture about basic
characteristics of horses, proper feeding, health maintanance, stable
sanitazion, the role of veterinarian, proper grooming, and the suitable
balanced life for horses. The expert will also show images of medical cases
about health issues that often come upon horses and explain the best emergency
treatment for the delman horses. It
also expected that the horsemen will also share and seek guidance about their
horses condition. A moderator will be present during this talkshow.
In order to create a condusive situation , the
talkshow will be held indoor. After the talkshow, their will be entertainment
such as games and performances.
3.
Demonstrations
and The Granting of Starter Packs
The main purpose of this activity
is to increase the practical skills of horsemen and the welfare of the horses.
The starter pack contains grooming kit, calsium, vitamin B complex, and brown
sugar. Before we give out the starter packs, there will demonstrations on how
to use the contents of starter pack in the right way.
At first, we will demonstrate the
horsemen about the proper way to groom the horses. This activity will be done
by the Veterinarian Medicine students of Bogor Agricultural University
(BAU). Before the Help Our Delman event,
there will be training for the Veterinan Medicine students who are willing to
contribute in this event so they can practice to interact with horses.
Therefore, this event will help to increase the interaction skills of the
students with horses. The grooming demonstration will be participated by 10 delman
horses. A representative horsemen will also perticipate in grooming the horses.
A veterinarian horse practitian will guide troughout the activity.
The next demonstration will be
about giving calsium, vitamin B complex, and brown sugar to the horse by a
veteriner. The veterinarian will also demonstrate basic health examination for
the horses. This is also important for the horsemen so they could do the
examination themselves at home.