Elisabeth Svendsen

Elisabeth Doreen Svendsen
Born
Elisabeth Doreen Knowles

(1930-01-23)23 January 1930
Died11 May 2011(2011-05-11) (aged 81)
OccupationAnimal welfare advocate

Elisabeth Doreen Svendsen MBE (23 January 1930 – 11 May 2011) was a British animal welfare advocate and former hotelier. Svendsen founded The Donkey Sanctuary, an animal sanctuary headquartered in Sidmouth, England, in 1969 to help abused or homeless donkeys.[1][2] She also founded a related charity, the Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys, located in Ivybridge, during the 1970s.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Tributes paid to founder of well-known donkey charity". Plymouth Herald. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Emma (15 May 2011). "Elisabeth Svendsen, donkeys' savior, dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 May 2011.