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When this little foal was rejected by his mother, our staff made sure he would still be well taken care of.

This month The Donkey Sanctuary will be attending Spain’s biggest pilgrimage festival, El Rocío. 

We are delighted to announce the winning ticket numbers for our Spring 2018 Raffle, which was drawn by Mike Baker, CEO on Wednesday 9 May 2018.

To celebrate World Donkey Day (Tuesday 8 May 2018) and the 35th Donkey Week, we're sharing 10 interesting and defining facts about these gentle and highly intelligent animals.

Last New Year’s Eve marked a new start for one forlorn donkey in Northern Ireland.

Thanks to you, our new veterinary hospital is helping donkeys like Jackie get better.

The Donkey Sanctuary will officially launch its new professional textbook, The Clinical Companion of the Donkey, on Saturday 21 April 2018 at the 15th World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) Congress in Beijing, China.

The Donkey Sanctuary and World Horse Welfare have formed a groundbreaking partnership with the China Horse Industry Association (CHIA) and the Chinese Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) to improve equine welfare in China.

In temperatures topping 24°C, a team of seven runners took on the 2018 London Marathon, raising nearly £16,000 for The Donkey Sanctuary.

The Donkey Sanctuary in Spain has secured the safety of three donkeys who were left in darkness to suffer alongside many other desperate and dying animals in a “farm of horrors”.