ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 - The Donkey Sanctuary...Dr Aline de Aluja, from the University of Mexico’s veterinary faculty and Professor Feseha Gebreab formerly Dean of the veterinary faculty

ANNUAL REVIEW 2013

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TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2013

CONTENTSDONKEY SANCTUARY FACTS AND STATISTICS 4

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DAVID COOK 6

TRUSTEES REPORT

VISION, MISSION AND VALUES 8

RESCUE AND REHOMING 10

DONKEYS IN THE COMMUNITY 12

HUMAN DONKEY INTERACTIONS 14

CONSIDERING THE FUTURE 16

FINANCIAL REVIEW 18

THANK YOU 20


900 donkeys rescued or relinquished into our care.

Over 1,000 volunteers caring for donkeys, fundraising and helping with donkey assisted therapy.

Over 200,000 visitors a year to the charity’s sanctuaries and assisted therapy centres throughout the UK.

1 MILLION donkeys within reach of our international projects.

DONKEY SANCTUARY IN 2013

5,800 animals currently in our care at sanctuaries and foster homes in the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe.

27 project countries worldwide. The Donkey Sanctuary either worked directly or supported projects to help donkeys and mules in 27 countries worldwide; as well as providing sanctuary across Europe and operating major projects in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Mexico.

52,000 donkey assisted therapy sessions held for children with additional needs.

6 donkey assisted therapy centres in the UK and a further 3 therapy projects in Spain, Italy and Romania.

1,500 donkeys in foster homes in the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe.

25 overseas mobile teams bringing veterinary care and community engagement programmes to where donkeys need help most, plus 5 veterinary clinics.

SINCE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHARITY IN 1969

16,500 donkeys and mules in Europe provided with sanctuary for life.

20 donkeys in our new adopt a donkey scheme.


1. To increase the number of donkeys and mules that can benefit from our care and welfare activities around the world from one million to two million.

2. To expand the number of countries we work in, either directly through our own projects or in collaboration with other like-minded organisations, from 27 to 40.

3. To double the number of donkeys and mules that are rehomed with foster owners around Europe from 1,500 to 3,000, thereby creating space and cost saving that will enable us to care for even more donkeys and mules in need.

4. To expand our donkey assisted therapy activities from nine operations to thirty one, through the use of very cost effective mobile units and collaboration with other organisations, not only in the United Kingdom but to other parts of the world.

In memory of our founder, in 2013 we launched the Dr Elisabeth Svendsen Lifetime Achievement Award which will be awarded to a few very special people who have never been employed by The Donkey Sanctuary but who have devoted a large part of their lives to working with us to improve the care and welfare of donkeys and mules throughout the world. The first two recipients of this award were Dr Aline de Aluja, from the University of Mexico’s veterinary faculty and Professor Feseha Gebreab formerly Dean of the veterinary faculty at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia.

In summary our income for 2013 was £30.7million, up £3.6million (13%) on 2012 on a like for like basis. Our expenditure was £28.5million up £2.2million (8%) on 2012, still only spending 15 pence in the pound on fundraising and governance. The surplus from this year returns us for the first time for some years to our desired safety position of 12 months expenditure coverage in free cash reserves.

None of our activities during the last forty five years, or our expansive aspirations outlined in our new strategic plan are possible without your continued support and generosity for which all of us here at The Donkey Sanctuary are truly grateful.

There are a number of reasons why 2013 was such a great year for The Donkey Sanctuary and it sets the scene for us to aim for even greater achievements in the years to come. First and foremost I want to give a really big thank you to all of our supporters and sponsors for their superb support in 2013 which resulted in us achieving our highest ever income during a single year. This despite only beginning to see positive shoots of recovery in the economy towards the end of the year, following economic hardship that affected so much of the world over the last six years.

Our very positive income result enabled us to continue to expand the services we provide in the care and welfare of donkeys and mules throughout the world and its ongoing benefit to humanity. In 2013 we worked directly or indirectly in 27 countries around the world improving care and welfare for donkeys and mules. Our own teams carried out 450,000 veterinary treatments and we are now working in areas that a million donkeys and mules could benefit from our activities. In our donkey assisted therapy centres we held over 50,000 assisted therapy sessions for children with additional needs. Unfortunately there were still 900 animals, mainly from the United Kingdom and Ireland relinquished into our care, many as a result of the accumulative effect following the long poor economic climate.

The continued strength of your support has also given us the confidence that we could revise and retarget our aims and objectives for the coming five years and to even look further out to 10 and even 20 years hence. We have also refreshed our Vision statement which is encapsulated in just eighteen words; A world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering, and their contribution to humanity is fully valued, and our Mission statement which simply states; To transform the quality of life for donkeys, mules and people worldwide through greater understanding, collaboration and support, and by promoting lasting, mutually life–enhancing relationships. Our new strategic plan entitled Our Journey Continues….can be found in its entirety on our website and in some further detail in this Annual Report, but I would just like to give you some idea of the scope of this new plan by highlighting just four of the items, all of which have a target date of 2018:

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE,


COMPASSIONThe Donkey Sanctuary is above all else compassionate. We never turn away from a donkey in need. Donkeys and the people who rely on them for their livelihoods or to help them cope with physical, mental and emotional challenges, lie at the heart of everything we do. We act as a global driving force for caring, both for suffering donkeys and mules, and for all those people whose lives they touch – generating understanding, compassion and support all over the world.

COLLABORATIONThe Donkey Sanctuary is collaborative in all its activities, working through a worldwide network of partner organisations, communities and individuals. We work inclusively with people frequently marginalised within their own countries and communities, whether due to poverty, ignorance, race, gender or disabilities. We treat every interaction as a two-way opportunity to learn and to teach. We know that it is only together that we can help donkey owners and carers become donkey welfare ambassadors wherever they live and work.

CREATIVITYThe Donkey Sanctuary’s goals are ambitious, but its resources are finite, which means that we must exercise creativity to meet the ambitious goals we set ourselves. Whether this be in adapting locally available materials for donkey-friendly harness across projects that span four different continents, in developing donkey assisted therapy activities tailored to the unique challenges of a child with additional needs, or reaching donkey owning communities in the midst of man-made or natural disasters - creative thinking underpins everything we do.

OUR VISION A WORLD WHERE DONKEYS AND MULES LIVE FREE FROM SUFFERING AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANITY IS FULLY VALUED. OUR MISSIONTo transform the quality of life for donkeys, mules and people worldwide through greater understanding, collaboration and support, and by promoting lasting, mutually life-enhancing relationships.

OUR VALUES Compassion, collaboration and creativity are The Donkey Sanctuary values. They are the key to our journey as they represent what we stand for and what we measure ourselves against.

VISION, MISSION AND VALUES


RESCUE AND REHOMING

and farriers from all over the world. The next generation of animal care specialists are never far from our minds, and in 2013 we held three dedicated Junior Vet Days, giving forty 11-15 year olds the opportunity to learn about donkey anatomy, veterinary treatments and surgery. We don’t know who enjoyed the day more – the donkeys or the children as the aspiring vets monitored pulse and respiratory rates, examined teeth and applied foot bandages.

Sadly, against the backdrop of ever increasing donkey numbers in our care, the involvement of our welfare networks in urgent rescues has continued unabated.

Several urgent cruelty cases in Italy resulted in us taking in 28 donkeys and mules, and there were a number of welfare cases in Spain. Other welfare campaigns included our efforts to improve the conditions for animals working as tourist taxis in Santorini, Greece and we funded 10 outreach trips on the mainland and Greek islands. Meanwhile 2013 was our 10th anniversary of working to improve the welfare of donkeys and mules all over Spain and we had particular cause to celebrate this in Mijas when the town council agreed to use Codes of Practice provided by us for working donkeys and mules. The Spanish team will now be training all of the donkey owners, ministry vets and the local police in Mijas in donkey care.

NEVER TURNING AWAY FROM A DONKEY OR MULE IN NEED, AND PROVIDING THEM WITH LIFELONG CAREIn 2013, we welcomed a further 900 donkeys and mules into our sanctuaries in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe; bringing the total number of animals in our care to an incredible 5,800.

The need for our work was particularly high in Ireland where the ongoing recession has resulted in large numbers of abandoned animals in need of urgent care, made more urgent still by the terrible winter weather. Many animals arrived needing emergency veterinary treatment and over the year our teams had to work hard to create space on our farms in Liscarroll, Cork and in the holding bases in Northern Ireland to house the new arrivals as a matter of urgency. Even with extra accommodation in Ireland we still had to transport over 300 donkeys to our UK farms to relieve the pressure on space. As a result, our UK farms are now also close to full capacity, and we are working hard to maximise all available space.

Thankfully the charity’s fostering scheme continued to provide loving and fulfilling homes, and in 2013 we were delighted to find space for over 200 donkeys via our foster scheme. Fostering is a vital element of our ability to reach more donkeys and in 2013 we reviewed our Fostering Strategy to ensure that we can attract more homes onto the scheme without reducing our welfare standards. The new policy will attract a wider cross-section of fosterers, including schools and other institutions where fostering donkeys will provide a real benefit both to the animals and those who care for them.

As well as routine and emergency veterinary care for our resident herds, in 2013 our veterinary specialists expanded our education programme for owners and professionals.

In addition to our lectures and presentations at UK veterinary universities and farriery schools, we gave talks at veterinary practice client evenings and regional meetings, wrote papers for publications and provided individual training programmes to visiting vets, vet students


Elsewhere the role that donkeys play in recovery from man-made and natural disaster has long been underestimated. In July 2013 the state of Uttarakhand in India and adjoining areas were hit by torrential rain which led to landslides and flash floods causing widespread destruction with loss of human and animal life. The disaster resulted in major damage to infrastructure and property and an estimated 500 villages were completely cut off. The Donkey Sanctuary, India responded to the disaster by sending two teams to carry out relief operations for injured and stranded equines. The relief work was carried out in co-ordination with partnership organisations, a local community group, government agencies, and the National Disaster Management Agency in an operation that involved rescuing 922 equines of which 730 were mules and the rest were ponies and horses. During the same rescue operation we also treated donkeys, in collaboration with partner organisations, to avoid duplication of effort and maximise the help provided to both the animals and vulnerable communities they live in.

REDUCING THE SUFFERING OF DOMESTIC AND WORKING DONKEYS DUE TO NEGLECT, ILL-TREATMENT, ILLNESS, IGNORANCE AND INJURYIn 2013 we operated directly or through partnership projects in 27 countries; our international teams worked tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of sick and injured donkeys through mobile clinics, community engagement and partnership work with donkey owning communities.

With poorer economies continuing to have a significant impact on developing countries, our engagement was more vital than ever to donkey owning communities around the world, and we worked widely with them to reach out to over one million donkeys.

Our Founder, Dr Elisabeth Svendsen, made her first trip to Kenya in 1985 and was so affected by the number of donkeys in need she found there that she set about developing a project to provide regular healthcare and education. The first clinics opened in 1987 and the project has continued to grow such that in 2013 The Donkey Sanctuary, Kenya reached a third of the country’s donkey population, helping over 200,000 donkeys and mules. As in all our projects, working with others is key; collaborating with donkey owners like Daniel who lives in Mlolongo, near Nairobi. Daniel and his family rely on their donkeys for vital income but also treat them as members of their family. With our support in 2013 Daniel became Chairman of the local Donkey Owners’ Group which meets weekly with the aim of improving the welfare of their donkeys through better harnessing and working conditions. By the end of 2013 the group boasted 26 members, all sowing seeds of compassion, care and welfare for donkeys, and the group continues to grow.

DONKEYS IN THE COMMUNITY


As well as their direct therapeutic activities, the centres also brought comfort and happy memories to the elderly through outreach visits to retirement homes all over the UK. The therapy work brings joy both to humans and to the donkeys who deliver it – bright and gentle animals that flourish from the attention and mental stimulation they receive.

We were particularly proud in 2013 when Shocks, a donkey assisted therapy donkey at our Birmingham Centre, was named Rescue Animal of the Year at the Daily Mirror 2013 Animal Hero Awards. Shocks was rescued by The Donkey Sanctuary in Ireland in 2010 having sustained horrific injuries to his neck. After being treated and cared for at our sanctuary in Devon, he overcame his injuries and fear of humans and started giving donkey assisted therapy to children with additional needs. Two of his biggest fans are Hope, who has a small hole in her heart, and her twin sister Amber who has a tracheostomy and mild cerebral palsy. Both girls now benefit from regular therapy sessions with Shocks, and he benefits from their adoration too.

Amber could hardly sit up and we were told she would struggle to walk. We didn’t

think she’d be able to sit on a donkey. But her core strength has grown enormously and she has learnt to support herself independently now.Amber’s Mum, Tracy.

IMPROVING THE LIVES OF DONKEYS AND PEOPLE THROUGH POSITIVE HUMAN DONKEY INTERACTIONSIn 2013 we provided an incredible 52,000 transformative donkey assisted therapy sessions to children with additional needs through our six centres in the UK.

Donkey assisted therapy helps improve core strength and stability, confidence and social engagement; not only in children with additional needs but also to adults of all ages with physical and mental challenges to overcome. One such adult is Sean who suffered from developmental dyspraxia from an early age. He attended our Birmingham donkey assisted therapy centre as a child to help develop his core stability and hand-eye co-ordination, and to improve his self-esteem and confidence. We were delighted in 2013 when, after completing two years of dedicated voluntary work which helped towards his Level 3 course in animal management, Sean became a member of staff.

HUMAN DONKEY INTERACTIONS


2 DONKEYS IN THE COMMUNITY:• Doubling the number of donkeys within reach

of our care and welfare from one million to two million.

• Increasing the number of countries that we operate in directly or through partnership from 27 to 40.

• Acting as the voice of the donkey; seeking to influence government and other bodies to improve donkey welfare through legislation and other means.

• Working to build relationships with humanitarian organisations to reach more donkeys and mules in the poorest and most disaster affected parts of the world.

3 HUMAN DONKEY INTERACTIONS:• Increasing the number of donkey assisted

therapy projects for children and adults with additional needs from nine to 31 by developing mobile units and through partnerships.

• Delivering detailed research into the beneficial effects of donkey assisted therapy on physical, mental, and social outcomes.

• Developing a network of fostered donkeys in schools and other institutions to further extend opportunities for therapeutic work across the UK.

4 DEVELOPING THE ORGANISATION:• Increasing our active volunteer workforce from

600 to 1,000.• Increase the number of volunteer fundraisers

from 1,000 to 5,000.• Provide learning opportunities and high quality

interactions for young people with donkeys and mules through the launch of a nationwide schools engagement programme.

• Increase the number of visitors to our sanctuaries and centres by 25% to over 250,000 a year.

• Optimising conservation of wildlife and habitats in our care.

A complete copy of our “Strategic Plan: Our Journey Continues...” is available to download at www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/our-journey-continues

During the last 45 years, The Donkey Sanctuary has made a profound difference to the lives of donkeys and people all over the world. More than 16,500 donkeys and mules have been given a sanctuary for life in the UK, Ireland and Europe, millions of donkeys supporting some of the world’s poorest communities have been helped through free veterinary and education interventions, and donkey assisted therapy has enhanced the lives of thousands of children and adults with additional needs. Despite our successes however, there is still considerable work to do.

There are an estimated fifty million donkeys and mules in the world, many of which are struggling as much as ever due to overwork, neglect, abandonment, abuse or inhumane conditions. In order to meet that challenge, we have launched an ambitious new Strategic Plan outlining far-reaching goals for our UK and worldwide projects over the next five years and beyond.

As a global leader in donkey welfare we will continue to grow and support a worldwide network demonstrating excellence across the spectrum of places that donkeys and mules live and work, and encompassing a wide range of geographical, demographic, agro-ecological and cultural contexts.

1 RESCUE AND REHOMING:• Identifying, tracking and monitoring donkey

welfare issues and hotspots and developing solutions to handle emerging issues.

• Doubling the number of donkeys re-homed through our Foster Scheme from 1,500 to 3,000.

• Developing comprehensive Codes of Practice for donkey milk and meat production and live animal transport.

• Introducing a programme to enrich our resident donkeys’ living environment, investigating opportunities for useful and humane work.

CONSIDERING THE FUTURE


In 2013 our donation income grew by £0.9m (13%) on a like for like basis reflecting our ongoing efforts to highlight donkey care and welfare issues and the benefits of donkey assisted therapy to our supporters all over the world. During the year we have had particular success in launching our brand new Adoption Scheme which has helped to increase our donation income and hence contribute towards the expansion of our charitable activities.

Legacy income continues to be a very important source of income for us and we are extremely grateful to all who have remembered us in their Will. In 2013 legacy income grew to £20m (2012: £18m), an increase of 11% and reflects legacy income generated from all group entities including The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys and The International Donkey Protection Trust.

Income generated from trading subsidiaries remained consistent with 2012 at £1.1m. As visitor numbers recovered from the lows of 2012 there was an increase in revenue generated from our on site restaurant and catering facilities which was offset by slightly lower than expected revenue from our mail order trading activities.

EXPENDITURETotal expenditure for the year including investment in capital projects grew to £28.5m (2012: £26.3m).

Operational expenditure on our charitable activities increased by 7% to £22.4m (2012: £20.9m) with the key areas of growth in Donkey Welfare Support, Veterinary Services and Research and in our overseas activities, Working Worldwide.

In Ireland we have been coping with increasing levels of relinquishments throughout the year and, whilst we continue to promote our Foster Scheme and find new homes for many of the donkeys and mules that come into our care, we have been accommodating the new arrivals across our farms and holding bases in the UK and in Ireland with the related impact on our running costs.

In the wider European and International context, during the year our costs were affected by the expansion of activity within our projects in Ethiopia. We reinstated activity in Egypt following the political unrest in 2012

FINANCIAL REVIEW The financial performance of The Donkey Sanctuary and its subsidiary undertakings during the year was extremely encouraging and accorded with the Trustees’ expectations. The position at the end of the year is regarded as very positive and provides a robust base from which we can extend our impact by working towards the objectives of our new five year Strategic Plan.

INCOME GENERATIONWe have had a very successful year generating growth in donation and legacy income and during 2013, thanks to the generosity of our supporters, our income on a like for like basis grew by over 13% compared with the previous year, (after removing the effect of the exceptional one off donation of £5.1m representing the fair value of net assets donated by The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys following the merger on 1 January 2012). WHERE OUR MONEY CAME FROM

FINANCIAL REVIEW 2013

2013

12 Months to 31.12.2013

£’m

12 Months to 31.12.2012*

£’m

** 2012 total adjusted to exclude the £5.1m donation of net assets from The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys

Legacies 20.0 18.0Donations** 7.6 6.7Investment income 0.6 0.5Trading company income 1.1 1.1Other 1.4 0.8Total 30.7 27.1

and in Italy we dealt with a significant rescue case, the biggest ever rescue of its kind involving the rescue of 28 donkeys, mules and hinnies that were relinquished to our Italian rescue centre, Il Rifugio degli Asinelli.

HOW YOUR MONEY WAS SPENT2013

(* 2012 Total adjusted to exclude transfer of tangible fixed assets from The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys and 2013 reflects the full year effect of the benefits realised from the merger with The Donkey Sanctuary)

Donkey care 6.2 5.7Donkey welfare support 1.9 1.7Training, education and awareness 0.6 0.6Veterinary services and research 2.9 2.8Working worldwide 9.2 8.0Donkey Assisted Therapy* 2.7 2.9Fundraising trading cost of goods sold 0.8 0.9Cost of generating voluntary income 3.8 3.4Governance costs 0.4 0.3Total 28.5 26.3

12 Months to 31.12.2013

£’m

12 Months to 31.12.2012

£’m

RESERVESThe Trustees operate a reserves policy which they consider appropriate to ensure, barring unforeseen circumstances, the continued ability of The Donkey Sanctuary to meet its objectives. The Trustees are increasingly aware of the potential volatility of income levels and the significant proportion of our total income from legacies. In addition, due to the fact that we make considerable investment in projects outside of the UK, the Trustees and Executive Team are mindful of the expenditure we incur in local currencies funded by monies received in sterling. We aim to maintain, as far as it is possible, a minimum of free reserves equivalent to at least one year’s expenditure coverage.

2013

Restricted funds 2.8 2.8Donations** 22.3 21.7Investment income 10.9 11.0Trading company income 26.8 23.0

Total 62.6 58.3

Restricted funds 2.6 2.6Fixed Assets 22.3 21.7Residual Legacies 10.9 11.0Free cash reserves 26.8 23.0Total 62.6 58.3

12 Months to 31.12.2013

£’m

12 Months to 31.12.2012*

£’m

As at 31 December 2013, the total value of unrestricted accumulated funds was £60.0m of which £20.6m related to unrestricted income funds that could only be realised by disposing of tangible and intangible fixed assets held for charity use. A further £1.3m of funds are allocated for committed capital projects and £0.4m to intangible assets. The resulting general fund of £37.7m includes £10.9m in respect of legacies of which we have been advised but for which no income has yet been received. £37.7m or £26.8m (after deduction of residual legacy income yet to be received) represents 17 and 12 months coverage respectively of the 2014 budgeted expenditure levels. The reserve reflects additional funding requirements of our expansion plans over the coming five year period and forms part of our Strategic Plan.


Mr and Mrs B JacquesMrs S JamiesonMrs E JeffersonMr H JonesMrs A J KendallMrs Kernighan and FamilyMs S KettleMrs M E Kimberley-ScottMr J H LanceleyMiss N LavenuMiss J MannsMrs A MassonMrs K McGregorMr S MillerMrs M MillsMrs L MilneMiss K M MorantMr S MorrisMs E MurrayMrs J M NelisMrs J NewmanMrs J P OngleyMrs P OramMr R R OuttenMiss D ParkerMrs M Pirson-DossogneMiss S PollardMr S PrattMiss S J PriceMrs L RoobottomMr and Mrs C RowanMrs S Pearman and Mr J RussellMrs H SchneiderMr J F ScottMrs C SeabrookMrs R SitkowskiMiss Muriel SmithMrs S E SmithMrs R Smith-LevettMr P SpiveyMr A StaplesMrs B SykesMr N SykesMiss S ThackerMrs P ThomasMr M ThorneMrs S TomlinMrs C VerrinMs A Von BusheMr P S and Mrs M G WiddicombeMrs J B WilliamsMr V L WoodfordMrs J Young

In 2013 we welcomed 900 donkeys and mules in need into our care and extended our invaluable work around the world. We would not be able to continue this work without the dedication of supporters, donkey fosterers, staff and volunteers.

THANK YOU TO OUR ROSETTE GROUP MEMBERS IN 2013:The Rosette Group is a group of supporters who wish to be more involved in the work of The Donkey Sanctuary and make a vital contribution to all aspects of our work both in this country and overseas. We would like to thank our Rosette Group members for their generous support in 2013.

Princess C Aga KhanMiss S M AinsworthMiss R AntrobusMrs G ArcherMrs I M ArmitageMr D BarrettMr R F BeanMrs J BeanMiss L BeesleyMiss M BeethamMs L BilekMrs J BordeleauMrs N BrackMrs W M BrockMrs E M BurnsMr B CarpenterMr B W ClarkMr G CookMrs P CooperMr and Mrs W H CrowleyMrs I CursonMrs J M De RaafMiss R DenbyMr S EdwardsMrs J FoldysMr H FoxMrs V FoyMiss P and Mr P FrenchMr R FullerMrs W M FurlongMr C and Mrs L GreenMr G GuyDr. E S Harri-AugsteinMrs M F HawkinsMiss R HaywardMr O HerbertMrs J E HollandMrs J Hukins

THANK YOU


The Latimer Charitable TrustThe Leigh TrustThe Lord Austin TrustThe Marenjan TrustThe Michael Testler Charitable FoundationThe Moneybury Charitable TrustThe Mullion TrustThe Myristica TrustThe Pennycress TrustThe Professor D G Montefiore Charitable TrustThe Rimmer Memorial Charitable TrustThe Serth and Gates CharityThe Sir James Miller Edinburgh TrustThe Smythe Kitson TrustThe Steel Charitable TrustThe Stephen Cockburn Charitable TrustThe Sylvia Aitken Charitable TrustThe Sylvia and Colin Shepherd Charitable TrustThe Tyldesley Charitable SettlementThe Valerie White Memorial TrustThe Whaites Charitable FundThe Woodcote TrustThe Yvonne Flux Charitable TrustTollemache (Buckminster) Charitable TrustVerna Group Charity SocietyWild Rose Trust

Thank you to the Charitable Trusts and Foundations who have supported our work in 2013:

A S Butler Charitable TrustAndrew Browning Charitable TrustAnn Jane Green TrustBetty and Stanley Abbett Charitable TrustD E Hollingworth Charitable TrustDouglas Glanfield Memorial TrustGeorge Teasdale Birks TrustH D and B Crompton Charitable TrustJane Hodge FoundationJohnson Wax Ltd Charitable TrustLimoges Charitable TrustMiss D H Rylance Charitable TrustMiss Hanson’s Charitable TrustMiss Joyce Cater Charitable TrustMiss M L Watts Charitable TrustMrs C M Livesley 1992 Charitable TrustMrs C M Paxton Deceased Charitable TrustMrs Jean S Innes Charitable TrustMrs Norah Helen Spurway’s Charitable TrustMrs S H Adlam Will TrustP J Davies Charitable TrustSo Hum FoundationThe 29th May 1961 Charitable TrustThe Anna Rosa Forster Charitable TrustThe Annandale Charitable TrustThe Audrey Emma Lamb Charitable TrustThe Barbara Welby TrustThe Betty Kensit FundThe Bramhope TrustThe Calypso Browning TrustThe Catherine Cookson Charitable TrustThe Charles Brotherton TrustThe Constance Travis Charitable TrustThe Diana Edgson Wright Charitable TrustThe Dumbreck CharityThe Elizabeth C F McGregor-Dziniak Charitable Trust for AnimalsThe Enfield Charitable Trust The Finderman Charitable TrustThe Gerrard and Audrey Couch Charitable TrustThe H Henderson Family Charitable TrustThe Harry Bacon FoundationThe HDH Wills 1965 Charitable TrustThe Joan Turner FoundationThe John and Tessa Fearnley Charitable TrustThe Kathleen Patricia Underwood 2007 Discretionary TrustThe Kenneth Hargreaves Charitable Trust

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The Donkey Sanctuary was founded by Dr Elisabeth Svendsen MBE in 1969. The Donkey Sanctuary (registered charity number 264818) and its sole corporate trustee, The Donkey Sanctuary Trustee Limited (Company number 07328588) both have their registered office at Slade House Farm, Sidmouth, EX10 0NU. Incorporating: The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys (EST); The International Donkey Protection Trust (IDPT).

THE DONKEY SANCTUARYSlade House Farm, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 0NUT [44] (0)1395 578222 F [44] (0)1395 579266 E [email protected]

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ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 - The Donkey Sanctuary...Dr Aline de Aluja, from the University of Mexico’s veterinary faculty and Professor Feseha Gebreab formerly Dean of the veterinary faculty