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Dear friends,  We are reaching out to you today with a plea for urgent help as a heart-wrenching crisis unfolds in northern Zimbabwe near the iconic Victoria Falls.  Credit: Reuters A devastating drought is wreaking havoc in the region, and some 300 donkeys face starvation because of it. The donkeys live in Matabeleland, and this is the time of year when it is supposed to rain there, but this year the rains have not come.   The rains have failed, the land is parched, and donkeys are in serious trouble.  Please donate now Credit: MARES These hardworking animals are owned by truly poor people who have no money to buy fodder for the donkeys. In a drought, there is nothing for the donkeys to eat, and they are starving. Right now, the donkeys need 100 bags of high-quality feed, enhanced with fresh grass, as food. The donkeys have access to dams fed by borehole water, but without food soon, they will start dropping dead. We can’t let that happen. We have to get them through until the rains come and the land is replenished. Please help us buy feed right now. Please donate now Credit: MARES Please donate now to help us fill our animal aid trucks with emergency food for 300 starving donkeys in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Please donate now Credit: Abdi Hassan: IRIN Please donate now In this hour of desperate need, we are calling on you to extend your hand in solidarity. We need to urgently deliver emergency food to these suffering donkeys, and your support right now will help us do it. If we can raise $5,000 (£3,800), we can deal with the immediate emergency. In the long term, we plan to plant and farm 4,000 Moringa trees, a species renowned for its rich nutritional benefits that are loved by the donkeys. But right now, the donkeys can't wait for these trees to grow. They are starving, and we must act fast.  For the animals, Gloria Davies (and Max and Flora!) CEO and Founder Network for Animals P.S. We cannot stand by while starving and parched donkeys in Zimbabwe eat cow dung to stave off death. No animal deserves such torment! Please donate as much as you possibly can now, and help us fill our relief trucks with food and water for the desperate donkeys of Matabeleland.  Subscribe to our newsletter!