Meet the woman who gave up her life in Australia to start a horse hospital in Egypt

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.

"I don't speak the language. It's a completely different culture."

Originally from WA, where she rode polocrosse in Mukinbudin, Ms Barton felt compelled to start the hospital after a visit with her former partner to an existing equine rescue centre in Cairo in 2013.

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Article written by: Alicia Bridges