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By Animals Correspondent Former Strictly Come Dancing star Flavia Cacace quickstepped her way back to The Donkey Sanctuary recently when she spent the day at its Sidmouth site. The Donkey Sanctuary was thrilled to welcome back the professional dancer and animal advocate to spend time meeting some of the charity’
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By Charities Correspondent Frontline staff from several animal welfare organisations took time out from their demanding roles to take part in a range of wellbeing sessions at The Donkey Sanctuary in Devon recently. The group, which included staff from Flicka, Ash, Margaret Green and the Mare and Foal Sanctuary, were
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By Animals Correspondent A donkey named Darby, who spent several months at The Donkey Sanctuary’s dedicated donkey hospital following complications with a routine dental extraction, is now back to full health and among his companions on his sanctuary farm in Devon. In December last year, Equine Dental Technician Kelsey
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By Jill Dando News The Donkey Sanctuary is shining a light on the plastics crisis facing Ethiopia’s working donkeys - an issue the international animal welfare charity hopes to address with the first study of its kind in its partnership with Addis Ababa university. The harmful ingestion of plastics
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By Animal Correspondent, Jill Dando News and the Good News Post The Donkey Sanctuary Ethiopia and Addis Ababa University have announced details of a new, joint strategy to elevate the status and welfare of Ethiopia’s hard-working donkeys and mules, at celebrations marking three decades of working together. The ambitious
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By Jill Dando News Thirteen-year-old Alex Follows supports her family by helping care for her nan, who has Alzheimer’s—a responsibility that often left her feeling overwhelmed. To provide Alex with some much-needed respite, Devon Young Carers referred her to our Donkey Assisted Activities (DAA) centre in Sidmouth, where
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By Charities Correspondent The Donkey Sanctuary, with headquarters in Sidmouth, Devon, is delighted to announce that it has made the shortlist for this year’s Charity Awards, the longest-running and most prestigious awards scheme in the charity sector. The Donkey Sanctuary has been shortlisted in the ‘Campaigning & Advocacy category’
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By Jill Dando News Donkeys are intelligent and sensitive animals and yet they are so often misunderstood. This World Donkey Day on May 8, The Donkey Sanctuary are encouraging people to learn more about these incredible animals, by sharing ten of their favourite donkey facts: 1. CLEVER CREATURES Donkeys are
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By Jill Dando News Three donkeys have enriched the lives of their Guardian owners after finding their forever home through The Donkey Sanctuary’s Rehoming Scheme. Monte, Muldoon and Junior spent many years supporting members of the community as part of the animal welfare charity’s Donkey Assisted Activities programme,
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By Jill Dando News A group of young donkeys born within a year of each other following their mums’ dramatic rescue from Wales are leading happy and healthy lives in Devon. Rupert, Jonny, Pickle and Wizard were all born at our New Arrivals Unit after the rescue of mums Nelly,
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By Jill Dando News A tiny foal born to a mother who was rescued in one of our most complex and historic operations is thriving in sanctuary care three years on. Three-year-old Honey resides at our New Arrivals Unit in Devon alongside her mother Piglet, nine. However, the happy life
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By Jill Dando News The Donkey Sanctuary has partnered with the University of Exeter to develop a new module of their film degree which focuses on the representation of donkeys in film. Film studies undergraduates at the University of Exeter electing to take the ‘Scrublands, Sanctuary, Screens’ option as part
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By Jill Dando News A pair of donkeys who had lost their bonded companions, have found friendship together at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, Devon. Now staff hope that the pair, Ivor and Abigail, will be suitable to go on and find a new forever home together on the charity’
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By Jill Dando News In a remarkable end to a rescue that began in August 2023, five mares and their five foals have been successfully rehomed. The group were discovered in County Kildare by a landowner, who alerted Donkey Welfare Adviser Deirdre Scally after finding the animals abandoned on his
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By Jill Dando News A group of NHS staff who support families and children through the Children & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), recently took part in a rare opportunity to focus on their own health and wellbeing, with a team day at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth. The group,
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By Jill Dando News Although the site has been closed to visitors yesterday and today because of the heavy snow, dedicated staff are there to ensure the donkeys have all they need to withstand the cold weather. Donkeys are not naturally suited to freezing, damp conditions having evolved in parts