Donkeys?

[MurphysMinder]

View attachment 87151You can keep them at a yard with horses but they have to be kept housed separately and managed separately for some reason.

That's just Donkey Sanctuary rules, which a lot of people think are crazy.

 

[Birker2020]

That's just Donkey Sanctuary rules, which a lot of people think are crazy.

amazing that these charities are so desperate for people to adopt animals but then put so many barriers in peoples way.
Friends parents tried to rehome a dog from one of the local dog charities, it would have been easier to adopt a human! They got one from Romania in the end where there was less red tape (a dog not a human).

 

[cauda equina]

Are the DS desperate for people to adopt (as in rehome) their donkeys?
I got the impression they mostly want people to pay towards the donkeys' upkeep on the DS's own premises

 

[SEL]

View attachment 87151You can keep them at a yard with horses but they have to be kept housed separately and managed separately for some reason.

Do we know why? Is it just because they live on nothing?

 

[MurphysMinder]

Do we know why? Is it just because they live on nothing?

As far as I can see from the DS link it's because "Donkeys are very strong and can cause injury, or even death, to other animals if they do attack them, and therefore it is safest to avoid any incidents that could put animals at risk. " Which seems a bit pathetic, watch out for the killer donkeys. Disclaimer: I know they will chase other animals, but my donkey got on just fine with my ponies and horse, and there are donkeys everywhere doing the same. I can remember several cases of racehorses travelling everywhere with their donkey pals.

 

[cauda equina]

That sounds like bs from the DS; lots of animals can kill another, but how often do they do it?

We had a donkey years ago, a sweet and gentle person
The grumpy old Welshie adored him and they were inseparable

 

[ClaraJones3421]

Check whether your farrier will take them on. We have a real problem locally as a lot of farriers won't touch donkeys, and a few clients cannot find a farrier at all. At least you will already have a relationship with a farrier so hopefully he'll take your donkeys on.

my farrier does donkeys

 

[ClaraJones3421]

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NW Ireland (county Mayo in the Irish Lake District, nearish to Connemara). Nipping over and buying one would be easy, not sure on getting it back, that might be more complex and costly now with Brexit.

I have friends over there, might need to take a trip

 

[ClaraJones3421]

As far as I can see from the DS link it's because "Donkeys are very strong and can cause injury, or even death, to other animals if they do attack them, and therefore it is safest to avoid any incidents that could put animals at risk. " Which seems a bit pathetic, watch out for the killer donkeys. Disclaimer: I know they will chase other animals, but my donkey got on just fine with my ponies and horse, and there are donkeys everywhere doing the same. I can remember several cases of racehorses travelling everywhere with their donkey pals.

the purge:killer donkeys lmao

 

[ClaraJones3421]

Lungworm should be a thing of the past. Once ivermectin was developed as a wormer no donkey should be a carrier anymore.

I would think that would solve the issue- if not, no real worries

 

[ClaraJones3421]

amazing that these charities are so desperate for people to adopt animals but then put so many barriers in peoples way.
Friends parents tried to rehome a dog from one of the local dog charities, it would have been easier to adopt a human! They got one from Romania in the end where there was less red tape (a dog not a human).

Honestly! Adopting my other pony was quick, but a process and a half ?

 

[nagblagger]

Must admit, when I have, in the past, put horses/ponies in with the donkeys it is the donkeys that are intimidated by the horses, the horses have bullied them, maybe that is why the DS do not like re homing with horses. Smaller animals eg sheep and dogs they have charged at.
Love them - wouldn't be without them!