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Following a public outcry about overweight tourists using donkey taxis, CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) is backing The Donkey Sanctuary’s new campaign to protect working donkeys and mules in holiday hotspots such as Santorini.

Four donkeys were brought into the care of The Donkey Sanctuary after their owner called for our assistance. Sadly, the call for help came too late for all of the donkeys to be recovered successfully.

Results from a collaborative project between The Donkey Sanctuary and several leading research institutions offer a new way of ‘best practice’ for the control of small strongyles and other internal parasites in equids.

Donkeys at The Donkey Sanctuary’s hospital have recently benefitted from a wealth of individually tailored enrichment activities designed to boost their mental wellbeing.

The International Coalition of Working Equids (ICWE), made up of Brooke, The Donkey Sanctuary, SPANA and World Horse Welfare, came together for a workshop as part of the 7th Pan Commonwealth Veterinary Conference held in Bangalore, India.

Our Spanish team - El Refugio del Burrito - were dismayed to witness the abuse of a donkey today (5 March 2019) at the annual Peropalo festival, despite promises made by regional government.

When a member of the public contacted us with concerns for the welfare of three donkeys in rural Wales, The Donkey Sanctuary joined forces with the RSPCA and World Horse Welfare to bring them to safety.

The Donkey Sanctuary is taking steps to offset its air travel carbon emissions by supporting CO2-balancing projects in Africa.

Thanks to an amazing public response, The Donkey Sanctuary in Italy has successfully found urgent homes for most of the 48 donkeys they seized from a “hell” farm.

Thirty-six animal welfare organisations are warning that the UK Government risks public dismay if it waters down animal protections in UK law post-Brexit, following on from a public outcry in late 2017 over weakening animal sentience law.