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Imagine devoting your life to a baby donkey 😍 (Original Post) catbyte May 2019 OP
Thanks catbyte, adorable little guy! MLAA May 2019 #1
Sweet MFM008 May 2019 #2
Thank you so for posting this. I have been looking for a credible donkey shelter, so amazing. emmaverybo May 2019 #3
I know another one! renate May 2019 #4
Thank you so much! Yeah, mom was. Thanks. emmaverybo May 2019 #5
. pazzyanne May 2019 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Sucha NastyWoman May 2019 #7
It's sweet that she has a little donkey buddy... Callmecrazy May 2019 #8

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
3. Thank you so for posting this. I have been looking for a credible donkey shelter, so amazing.
Sun May 26, 2019, 12:50 AM
May 2019

This is a wonderful posting anyway. But...
Before my 90 year old mom passed two years ago, she was giving small amounts to way too many charities. I had to rather caution her on that. I tried to head her in the right direction of just a few.
Well, she’d say, alright, but I really do want to save “the donkeys!”
It was kind of a joke at her memorial when I told people in lieu of gifts to donate to a dog shelter I had chosen because I just couldn’t be sure any of her donkey charities were credible. Many were out of the country, so difficult to know.
Her dear friend said “well, there aren't any credible ones for donkeys.”

This one is Longhopes and I think they sound good!


renate

(13,776 posts)
4. I know another one!
Sun May 26, 2019, 12:56 AM
May 2019
https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/who-we-are/our-story

I heard about it from a friend who travels the world (she’s a filmmaker who specializes in social justice, so she’s been in some pretty economically depressed areas) and this is a charity she encourages donations to, to help take care of donkeys whose working lives are over.

P.S. Your mom sounds like a sweetheart!

Response to catbyte (Original post)

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
8. It's sweet that she has a little donkey buddy...
Sun May 26, 2019, 09:31 AM
May 2019

But maybe she should find a position in the field that pays.
A hostess with no formal education. Never even worked at a vet's office?
I wonder who's paying her bills?
She's just hanging out at this place cleaning up horse shit for free.
Cute donkey. It will survive without her.

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