UK-based charity Safe Haven for Donkeys (www.safehaven4donkeys.org/) was set up in 2000 to help the thousands of working donkeys in Israel and the Palestinian Territories (West Bank). Today, their sanctuary in Israel provides life-long care to around 180 unwanted and abused donkeys of all ages. Alongside this, each month, their three mobile clinics help many hundreds of working donkeys, mules and horses across the Palestinian Territories and there is also a permanent clinic in the Palestinian city of Nablus. The veterinary team treat common injuries such as those from poor harnessing, overgrown hooves and bad teeth that are easily treatable and go a long way to improve the lives of these hard-working animals.
In 2023, after being approached by a veterinary surgeon in
