Angel of Mercy

Saving the weak and disabled when no one else wants to. That's a hero in my book and so I introduce you to <a href=http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050525-070240-6400r">Lucy Fensom</a>, savior of Donkeys.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>"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." <br />n <br />nIn 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. </blockquote><br />n<br />nThis 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!!<br />n<br />n<b>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</b>