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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
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By Joel, 16, Jill Dando News Correspondent A group of three donkeys who found a new home on our Rehoming Scheme are providing lifelong companionship to a single donkey who unexpectedly lost her daughter. Ash, Yvonne and Roney joined a donkey named Daisy in the Scottish countryside with their owners
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By Amelie, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent Donkeys like Maverick and Peanut, rescued from a farm in Wales, are part of The Donkey Sanctuary's biggest rescue and are now living in luxury. These playful, full of joy donkey’s can be adopted on the donkey sanctuary website for
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By Jill Dando News A pair of miniature donkey foals, who were born to mares following The Donkey Sanctuary’s biggest ever rescue operation, are part of the herd enjoying life in a new nature inspired enrichment paddock in the heart of the Sidmouth sanctuary in Devon, South England. Close
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By Jill Dando News A kind gesture by an East Devon football club means the four-legged residents of The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth can enjoy continued well-being through exercise and play. Feniton Football Club donated 60 used footballs to the sanctuary after hearing that the resident donkeys often play with
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By Amelie, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent @ Priory School Until the 3rd of November, the donkeys of Sidmouth invite tourists to trick or trot with them - if they dare! The Donkey Sanctuary began as a UK rescue mission over 50 years ago and has continued to grow since into
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By Jill Dando News A pair of donkeys have enriched the life of a single bereaved donkey after making the move to their new forever home in the north-west of England. Henry, 17, and 14-year-old gelding James were identified as the perfect match for a donkey called Gerald, who lives
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By Jill Dando News A donkey has bounced back to health after a potentially fatal condition was treated by vets with the most unlikely remedy - 24 litres of fizzy cola drink. The miracle cola was administered by a vet in carefully controlled conditions via a tube up the donkey’