Just before Christmas a supporter of the Trust purchased a donkey via TradeMe. The donkey was initially advertised as an auction but due to TradeMe rules and welfare concerns, the original advertisement was removed by TradeMe. As it happened, the person selling was...
Early in the new year, we got the call from a lovely young couple who had a three-year-old jenny who had lost her elderly donkey companion a few months before. Her name is Rilla, and she was lonely even though her owners were spending many hours with her, brushing,...
As you are aware from our earlier posts, the Trust was asked to help rehome five donkeys, Sarah, Lauren, Ava, Humphrey and Bogart. See our earlier posts here and here. It has been a busy month since the last post. The main events concerned Humphrey and Bogart. We...
As per our previous post, the Trust was asked to help rehome five donkeys, Sarah, Lauren, Ava, Humphrey and Bogart. See our earlier post here As we mentioned there was a strong possibility that all the jennies could be pregnant. Well, we can now confirm that both...
The Trust was recently asked to help rehome five donkeys located in the lower North Island. There are three jennies of various ages and two jack foals at foot – Sarah, Bogart, Lauren, Humphrey and Ava. (Please scroll down for their profiles and photos.) The...
Weatherby came to the Mamaku Rescue and Rehoming Centre with a number of nasty gashes as he was constantly escaping with the last time through a wire fence. His previous owners realised that that he was a bit much for them to handle so released him to Pauline at...
