The sanctuary was contacted this week by someone in the nearby Negev area about a badly injured female donkey. She arrived at the sanctuary that night and was checked by Dr Eliran but unfortunately her injury was too severe, so he had to make the difficult decision to put her to sleep. Sometimes it’s the kindest thing our vets […]
Update from the Sanctuary and the West Bank – 20th April 2023 Read More »
Dr Omran and Ali the farrier have been running mobile veterinary clinics over in Tamoun this week, in the north of the West Bank. Here they provided a range of care – deworming, treating wounds including some awful muzzle wounds caused by chain harnesses. Dr Rakan loves his ‘babies’ at the rescue centre over in Nablus. They are
Update from the Sanctuary and the West Bank – 13th April 2023 Read More »
Our mobile clinic teams have been out on the road this week – including our new clinic headed up by Dr Omran along with Ali the farrier. They’ve been covering communities in the north of the West Bank – this week visiting Bedouin families between Tubas and Jericho. Dr Eyed and Ahmad have been travelling
Update from the Sanctuary and the West Bank – 6th April 2023 Read More »
The donkeys at the Sanctuary have received hoof trims this week -it’s vital their hooves are kept in tip top condition. You can read more about why here. Here you can see the farrier hard at work: Nader continues to flourish. He’s an inquisitive little boy who seems quite at home at the Sanctuary with
Update from the Sanctuary and the West Bank – 30th March 2023 Read More »
Following the arrival of Hope’s foal, we have dedicated this week’s update to Nader. Nader means ‘special’ in Arabic and was the name chosen by Moussa at the Sanctuary, who will be helping to care for the young foal in the weeks ahead. If you’d like to Adopt Nader and support our work at the
An update on Nader at the Sanctuary – 23rd March 2023 Read More »
We have the first of our big announcements to share with you! We’re extending our mobile clinics in the West Bank to introduce a new team headed up by a vet called Dr Omran. Thanks to this new team, we’ll be able to provide more support to the busy area around Nablus, as well as extend our coverage
Exciting news of a new mobile clinic in the West Bank – 2nd March 2023 Read More »
Dr Rakan and Nour travelled great distances this week, including 82km out of Nablus to a place called Tulkarm where they were able to help 12 working animals. You can see some of their photos below. Muzzle wounds and ‘wrinkles’ are caused by inappropriate harnessing, such as with chains. This is why it’s so important to educate owners on
Latest update from the Sanctuary and the West Bank – 23rd February 2023 Read More »
Donkeys are excellent shepherds, bonding closely with their herd. Here we can see a very well cared for donkey – although Dr Rakan did talk to the owner about the chain harness. Dr Rakan and Nour also helped to provide veterinary care and hoof trimming to a group of builder donkeys. The chain guards Dr Rakan fits are
Update from the Sanctuary and the West Bank – 16th February 2023 Read More »
This week we have some lovely videos to share from the West Bank – Dr Rakan sent over footage of his babies in the Rescue Centre in Nablus. As you can see the weather has been terrible – torrential rain! If you’d like to donate to help support our work in the West Bank and
Update from the Sanctuary and the West Bank – 9th February 2023 Read More »
Dr Rakan has sent us some photos of his babies this week – you can really see the close bond he has with Salwa, Nicolle and Derek in this series of heartwarming videos Dr Rakan has sent us: The team at the Sanctuary are also keeping the winter area clean and dry for the donkeys:
Update from the Sanctuary and the West Bank – 26th January 2023 Read More »
