In 2014, Jill Barton sold her home in Western Australia and flew to Egypt to rent a property, employ a vet and start a horse hospital.
Eight years later, she says the hospital has helped thousands of horses and donkeys, and employs three vets to tend to an average of around 75 animals per day.
"It certainly wasn't easy," Ms Barton told ABC Radio Perth Breakfast host Tom Baddeley.
