Western Spirit Donkey Sanctuary

08/06/2024

My little herd of 5 🦓💗🫏

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06/19/2024

He still such a baby 💗

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06/19/2024

Good morning from Colorado 💗

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06/16/2024

My 5 beauties 💗🩵💗

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06/09/2024

Blaze enjoying his new fly mask. After 48 hours the fly mask was no longer a threat 🤣

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06/09/2024

Whiskey showing off his new fly mask! So stylish 😍

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05/31/2024

My morning welcoming committee 😁🫏💗

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05/29/2024

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05/29/2024

Its been 7 years since they arrived to me this past Memorial Day. I am so lucky to call myself their Mom. Spartan was just a baby in a kill pen. I couldn't wait to remove that tag but it took awhile to cut off 🥰

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05/26/2024

Whisper giving me the SAD eyes as I leave for the day 😢😭😢

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05/26/2024

Whiskey has his head buried in the hay, lol 🫏💗😁

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05/25/2024

Sophie + Spartan 🦓

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05/25/2024

Those cute little butts 💗

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05/12/2024

Happy Mother's Day from my herd 😍

04/29/2024

Such beautiful animals as we head into Orthodox Easter week 💗🫏

Σήμερα τα γαϊδουράκια έχουν την τιμητική τους. Αυτά αξιώθηκαν να κουβαλήσουν τον Χριστό. Ταπεινό ζωάκι όπως ο Χριστός !!

04/28/2024

So precious 💗

04/15/2024

Such beautiful creatures ✝️🫏💟🫏

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03/31/2024

Love this man and what he is doing for the wildies 🦓🐎

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/la-stories/2024/03/10/former-studio-head-michael-nathanson-now-fights-for-the-wild-horses-of-the-u-s-?fbclid=IwAR0bjXSSAZhwMDm0rmn36h7QyrC5agZlBeVKK8KtI4XnPe1xq7sf3Ekkl34_aem_AQ69my7YmirtBgnpikfrVaFuTIRe8YoyGurvVFlu5quJNkhTZTIxfFUFYUQCQrG49zKexYFsJ0l_sRzdEliWCBJN

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"LA Stories" profiles Michael Nathanson

03/16/2024

https://www.idausa.org/campaign/wild-animals-and-habitats/horse-protection/latest-news/ejiao-act/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=every_action&ms=weekly_newsletter_03_15_2024&utm_campaign=weekly_newsletter_03_15_2024&sourceid=1110898&emci=4f517497-f5e2-ee11-aaf0-002248223794&emdi=8dd0f77f-04e3-ee11-aaf0-002248223794&ceid=28216006

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We need your help + voice!

03/16/2024

https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/end-the-donkey-skin-trade

We must educate all on the Donkey Skin Trade! Watch this short video by clicking on the photo.

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At least 5.9 million donkeys are slaughtered for their skins every year.

03/16/2024

My boy Whiskey feels great and loves to show off 😍😁🫏💗🩵

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03/13/2024

This is very true. They say they are stubborn but in training they are smart enough to communicate to you when they are ready and when they aren't. So I always wait till they give me that sign 💗

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03/09/2024

We are starting to look for land to build our Donkey Sanctuary. We are going to start fundraising soon and appreciate your support 🦓💗

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03/06/2024

Great News 💗🦓💗

Animal welfare charities have welcomed an Africa-wide ban on the controversial donkey skin trade.

It will make it illegal to slaughter donkeys for their skin across the continent.

Demand for the animals’ skins is fueled by the popularity of an ancient Chinese medicine called Ejiao, traditionally made from donkey hides.

African state leaders approved the ban at the conclusion of the African Union summit in Ethiopia on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024.
The charity, the Donkey Sanctuary, called the the trade “brutal and unsustainable” and said it had decimated donkey populations around the world, particularly in Africa and South America.

Ejiao is believed by some to have anti-ageing and health benefits, although this is unproven. Chinese companies that make it used to use skins from donkeys sourced in China. But when the numbers of the animals in the country plummeted, they looked overseas.

“At first our governments saw this as an opportunity, and many legal slaughterhouses opened in Africa,” explained Dr Solomon Onyango from the Donkey Sanctuary in Kenya. “But, [here in Kenya], between 2016 and 2019, about half of our donkeys were killed for the trade,” he said.

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02/19/2024

Beautiful 💗💗💗

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02/17/2024

Good morning everyone 🦓🌤🦓

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02/10/2024

LOVE 💗

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