One more year, El Refugio del Burrito displays an operation to ensure animal welfare during El Rocío Pilgrimage.
With over one million participants and close to 120 brotherhoods, El Rocío is the largest pilgrimage in the Western world. The worshippers will undertake the journey to the chapel of El Rocío (Almonte, Huelva) in carts decorated with colours and ribbons and riding horses, mules and other equines. More than 20,000 animals will accompany them.
We are currently taking special care of a newborn foal who is starting life with a struggle.
Indiana, the little foal, was born under our care last week and has found it difficult to suckle. The first hours of life are crucial and his life was clearly at risk. His mother, Strawberry, was rescued by the Sanctuary while she was pregnant, along with another donkey called Cacahuete.
Weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, special days… Have you thought about celebrating them while helping animals in need? You have causes you love, you are bringing a bunch of people together, why not make it worthwhile for a good cause?
One year more, a donkey has been forced to walk amid the hustle and clamor at Villanueva de la Vera, Cáceres (Spain).
The results of a shocking investigation by The Donkey Sanctuary reveals the devastating human impact of the growing demand for ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicine made from donkey skin.
Are you in South Spain this Christmas? Do you feel like spending a day surrounded by nature and equines and learning more about this beautiful animals?
On the 29, 30 and 31 of December from 11am to 1pm we will offer guided tours with grooming sessions in our Sanctuary in Fuente de Piedra (Malaga)
The Donkey Sanctuary has produced this guide to help with stable measurements for your donkeys, find out the optimum stable sizes and layouts to ensure your donkeys’ safety and well-being.
While the death of a treasured animal friend is always sad, you should never think of euthanasia as a failure of your care. Choosing to say goodbye at the right time may be the final selfless act of care for your donkey.
This Plastic Free July, we spoke with the team at The Donkey Sanctuary Kenya about the rise in cases of poisoning and colic due to plastic ingestion.
The lead vet at our clinic on Lamu Island in Kenya has issued a stark warning about the increasing number of donkeys who are dying as a result of escalating plastic pollution at the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Dr Obadiah Sing'Oei, Lamu Programme Manager and Clinic Lead, revealed that up to five per cent of donkeys they see at the clinic show signs of nutritional colic, which is usually fatal.
The Donkey Sanctuary is an international animal welfare organisation, offering care and protection to donkeys and mules worldwide. We are working for a world where donkeys and mules live free from suffering, and their contribution to humanity is fully valued. We are achieving this by transforming the quality of life for donkeys, mules and people worldwide through greater understanding, collaboration and support, and by promoting lasting, mutually life-enhancing relationships.
