Donkeys

Found on a local kibbutz with Hector and their son Horace.  The three stray donkeys had broken into a dairy and were busy eating the cows’ feed!

Khaled, the manager of Safe Haven’s clinic in the Palestinian town of Qalqilya, had received permission to visit Israel at the end of August 2013 for a few days.  Whilst in the Israeli Arab village of Tira, he came across two badly neglected donkeys.  Khaled sprang into action, persuaded the owner (who admitted starving the

Fluffca was found abandoned in the Palestinian city of Nablus and brought to Safe Haven at the beginning of September 2013.

Khaled, the manager of Safe Haven’s clinic in the Palestinian town of Qalqilya, had received permission to visit Israel at the end of August 2013 for a few days.  Whilst in the Israeli Arab village of Tira, he came across two badly neglected donkeys.  Khaled sprang into action, persuaded the owner (who admitted starving the

Jenkins was born in the summer of 2013 in the village of Bet Hananya, near the Palestinian town of Qalqilya.  His owner complained the mother donkey was losing weight rapidly due to feeding her foal and she was took weak to carry out her work so he separated them, leaving the baby alone and abandoned. 

Cynthia came from the village of Izza Tabib near Qalqilya. Local vet Dr Jayoussi got a call from her owner saying she was dehydrated – when he got there and saw her, he said that she must go to our Qalqilya clinic.  He asked head vet Dr Jaber to check her and when Jaber saw

Talga (Arabic for “Snowflake”) was born at the sanctuary at the end of December 2012 to Zahra, who was already pregnant when she came to the sanctuary.

Little Truffle was abandoned outside our Nablus clinic at just a few weeks old, probably because her owner felt she was “hindering the mother donkey from working”.  She is now best friends with Helen, another little donkey rescued at the same time.

Little Helen was abandoned outside our Nablus clinic at only a few months old, probably because she was “hindering her mother from working”.  She is now best friends with Little Truffle, another foal rescued at the same time.

Coco was found abandoned and undernourished outside Safe Haven’s Nablus clinic at the beginning of December 2012.  Too young to be separated from his mother, Coco needed a special milk supplement.  He has become firm friends with Milky, another abandoned foal found at the same time.