Author name: Wendy Ahl

Safe Haven is delighted to welcome another Patron to the group of respected animal advocates who support the charity’s work, namely Kay Burley, acclaimed British television broadcaster and journalist. Ms Burley, who is a founder member and current presenter on Sky News as well as being an animal lover with a particular fondness for donkeys, […]

Peter is well known not just for his award-winning performances over the last four decades, but also as a committed and outspoken advocate for animals around the world. He joins a list of respected animal champions who are currently Safe Haven Patrons, namely: our Royal Patron HRH Princess Alexandra, the Earl of Stockton, the Rt

As you all know, the situation regarding the COVID-19 coronavirus is changing all the time.  Just last week, we e-mailed you to say that it was business as usual at our sanctuary in Israel.  Since that time, Israeli authorities have sensibly imposed restrictions on travel and we have had to take the precautionary decision to

Although we have over 200 donkeys at our sanctuary in Israel, each one of them is like a family member to us – none more so than Lucy, our very first rescued donkey, who was found at the side of a busy highway 19 years ago. We are very sad to announce that dear Lucy

When the last week of October 2019 began, who’d have thought that two abandoned foals with sad stories would end up making their home at Safe Haven?  This is the story of David and Moshe. Late one wet and windy October evening, our sanctuary team received a call from the authorities in Jerusalem to say

In early September 2019, a stranger telephoned late one evening to report a sighting of two injured and bleeding donkeys on open ground between Nablus and Jericho in the Palestinian Territories.  Arriving on the scene, our vet Dr Rakan soon realised that horrifically, both animals had been shot. He wasted no time and examined the