Welcome to the El Refugio del Burrito website
I really do thank you for taking the time to visit our site and hope you will be able to support the work we do here in Spain. We have tried to make it as easy to navigate the site as possible and on the left hand side you will find all the information relating to our work and on the right all the ways that you can help us.
The fact that you have taken the time to visit means a lot to me and if you can make a small donation before you leave it will make such a difference to our work as we receive no government grants or other income other than donations from our supporters. If you have any suggestions for improving this site or do not find what you are looking for please leave a comment for me as I need all the feedback and help I can get.
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Once again thanks for visiting.
Ivan Salvia
General Manager
Hope never diesSubmitted by Rafael Benjumea on Mon, 23/08/2010 - 15:30It is with a heavy heart that from El Refugio del Burrito we have to communicate to all supporters and visitors that Hope, one of our most beloved donkeys passed away last Saturday 21st August 2010 after losing her battle to severe liver problems aged 30. We can say without a doubt she was the most popular out of all our donkeys, being one of the most terrible cases of cruelty we have had to face over these years, and one of the most gentle donkeys we’ve ever had. Originally named Makedonia, she arrived here in 2003 after being brutally attacked by teenagers in Greece, where she came from. They trespassed into her field, cut off her ears with a knife and ripped off her back with the blade of a shovel. A local vet did the urgent treatments for such terrible wounds until a Donkey Sanctuary team came to the rescue. Back then, El Refugio del Burrito in Spain was the nearest refuge she could be taken into, so she travelled to a holding base in France where she stayed until she was fit enough to continue her journey to her new home. |
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Terrified donkey thrown to the sky tethered to a parasailSubmitted by Ivan Salvia on Thu, 22/07/2010 - 09:10The following statement has been produced by The Donkey Sanctuary in response to the press coverage surrounding donkey cruelty in Russia. Statement We are absolutely shocked and appalled to learn that a donkey was made to parasail over a beach resort in Russia last week as part of an advertising publicity stunt. The donkey was strapped to the parasail and catapulted into the sky and would have been severely distressed, fearful and traumatised during the 30-minute flight. Donkeys are sensitive creatures and prone to suffer with a fatal condition called hyperlipaemia (a stress-related illness); we therefore have serious concerns over the present health of this donkey. |
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Heart-breaking decision to relinquishSubmitted by Rafael Benjumea on Thu, 02/09/2010 - 13:35Back in 1977, a beautiful, dark-chestnut coloured little mule was born. The beauty of his coat pretty much determined his name: he would be called Castaño Oscuro Spanish for "dark chestnut"). |
Visiting Alhaurin de la Torre with our therapy donkeysSubmitted by Ivan Salvia on Thu, 08/04/2010 - 10:28Thanks to our Donkey Assisted Riding Therapy Mobile Unit we are able to carry out Donkey Assisted Activities within the Málaga province and on friday 26th of March we set off for two centres in Alhaurín de la Torre (Málaga), where we were visiting the Early Care Centre and the Day Centre for the Elderly in Alhaurín. |
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