She arrived to us when the wind changed... on a rather supercalifragilisticexpialidocious day. It was stormy, rainy and thundery all around, when our welfare officer and our driver collected our very own, and practically perfect, Mary Poppins from her former home in the mountains just behind Loja, in Granada.

Our work here at El Refugio del Burrito is not only collecting donkeys, but researching new cases and offering our help. Last month we heard news of a donkey that had attacked 2 people whilst he was loose on a road called ‘Carretera de Santa Catalina’ in Murcia, he had bitten a woman on the face and arm and then later had attacked a man whilst he was trying to capture him. The donkey was eventually captured and then taken to the local pound where he had to stay until the owner was found.

Shakira, a mare donkey who came in to our care in an extremely poor condition on the 20th April is making a good recovery at El Refugio del Burrito's Badajoz farm, after her rescue, coordinated with the Vet Clinic At Cáceres University, and help from our staff and vets.

Twenty years of hard work are now behind this transport worker. Born in Cádiz in 1985, he began work in Mijas, aged 4, in the Donkey Taxi business, where he was one of over sixty donkeys. At long last, Melao is enjoying a well deserved rest at El Refugio del Burrito’s facilities.