We applaud Emirates, the largest international airline in the world, for implementing an embargo on the carriage of donkey skins on Emirates aircrafts worldwide.

Millions of donkeys are killed for their skins each year, which are exported across the world and used to make traditional medicine and remedies. The move by the world’s largest international airline serves to disrupt the donkey skin trade by restricting the international movement of hides, protecting donkey populations and the communities that rely on donkeys for their livelihoods.

Stable flies, known for inflicting painful bites on equines, cause substantial economic losses worldwide by hindering animal feeding and potentially transmitting diseases.

Current chemical control methods face challenges of resistance and environmental risks. To address this,  we have participated in an integrated pest management approach in our sanctuary in Extremadura (Spain)..

The implementation of the new Animal Welfare Law is a matter of vital importance that directly affects the work of the Civil Guard, particularly the Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA).

El Refugio del Burrito welcomes momentous decision to protect continent’s 33 million donkeys 

The African Heads of State agreed the landmark moratorium on Sunday 18th February during the 37th African Union Summit in Ethiopia.

Donkeys in Africa will have enhanced protection from the devastating donkey skin trade following the ratification of a pan-African moratorium on the slaughter of donkeys for their skin.

This historic decision taken by the African Union recognises, at the highest level of decision making, the vital importance of donkeys across Africa.

A young man from Leeds who spent two years struggling with alcohol and drug dependency says support from The Donkey Sanctuary in Leeds and EMERGE Leeds has given him a reason to live again.

Kaiden (20) was accepted into the care co-ordination pathway at EMERGE Leeds after being referred by his GP for interpersonal and emotional difficulties, which he was managing though drug and alcohol use at the time.