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Elisabeth D. Svendsen

Elisabeth D. Svendsen was born in Yorkshire in 1930. In 1969, while running a hotel in Ottery, St. Mary with her husband, Elisabeth Svendsen acquired her first donkey, a jenny named Naughty Face. She joined the Donkey Breed Society and became its area representative. When she observed the appalling condition of donkeys for sale in Exeter market, she decided to stop breeding donkeys and instead start rescuing abused donkeys. By 1973, she had rescued 38 donkeys, and she registered The Donkey Sanctuary as a charity.

She also established The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys, a charity which gives children with special needs the opportunity to have contact with and ride donkeys. In 1992 she received an Honorary Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Glasgow. In 2001 she was honored by the RSPCA in recognition of her important contribution to the field of animal welfare.

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  • Cover of: Twelve of My Favourite Donkeys

    First published in 1982 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Professional Handbook of the Donkey

    First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Bumper Book of Donkeys

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: For the Love of Donkeys

    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Tale of Naughty Mal and Other Donkey Stories

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A Passion for Donkeys

    First published in 1988 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Champion Donkeys

    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A Donkey Doctor's Diary

    First published in 2003 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Donkey's Years

    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Donkey Tales

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Eeyore helps a badger

    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: From Dawn to Dusk at the Donkey Sanctuary

    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: In Defense of the Donkeys

    First published in 1997 — 1 edition
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Born 1930

Subjects

Donkeys, Animal rescue, Asnos, Diseases, Donkey Sanctuary, Handbooks, manuals, Perissodactyla

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England, Sidmouth

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  • OLID: OL3271633A

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April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
December 13, 2009 Edited by Sarah Breau Added birth date, added bio, added photo
April 30, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import