"Donkeys are seen as the lowest of the low," explains Fensom, a petite blonde English woman in her mid-thirties, once a flight attendant for British Airways. "They're a humble creature, who spend their whole lives serving man. At the end of that time there should be somewhere for them to go."
In Israel, as in many countries throughout the Middle East, donkeys, the biblical "beasts of burden", are still widely used as a means of transport, for carrying loads and in farming. However, says Fensom, once they become sick, old or injured, it is often cheaper for an owner to buy a replacement than it is for him to seek veterinary help.
This is something that excites me, not someone asking for a handout or offering one to voters, someone out their working hard and making a difference, albeit a small one, in the world and making it a better place. Lucy Fensom is a true HERO!!
By hero, we tend to mean a heightened man who, more than other men, possesses qualities of courage, loyalty, resourcefulness, charisma, above all, selflessness. He is an example of right behavior; the sort of man who risks his life to protect his society's values, sacrificing his personal needs for those of the community. Paul Zweig
