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Dartanyan taking shelter

Research contributes to change in Defra Code of Practice for welfare of donkeys

14 August 2018

Research undertaken by international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary, in collaboration with Christ Church and the University of Portsmouth, has contributed to changes in the Defra Code of Practice, to include the need for shelter for donkeys.
Flor at El Refugio del Burrito

Healing Flor, the donkey with no hair

26 July 2018

When the welfare team at our sanctuary in Spain received a picture of the ‘saddest looking donkey they had ever seen’ they immediately sprang into action.
Peropalo Festival 2017

Donkey abuse petition handed to Spanish authorities

5 July 2018

Representatives from The Donkey Sanctuary’s Spanish branch, El Refugio del Burrito, handed a petition containing 24,229 signatures to regional government officials of Extremadura in Spain calling for a change in the law to stop the use of a live donkey at the Peropalo festival.
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