A scheme to help reduce flooding and improve water quality in the Otter Valley, East Devon has been given a boost after more than 3,500 young hedge plants and trees were planted by The Donkey Sanctuary.
Staff and volunteers from the international animal welfare charity planted a mixture of native species, including silver birch, field maple, hawthorn, blackthorn and hazel, to help...
This February half term, head to The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth and find out which adoption donkey has the loudest bray, the longest ears, or who is the most playful, in the Adoption Donkey Top Trumps Trail.
Follow the trail around the sanctuary to find the giant Top Trumps cards and discover which adoption donkey comes out on top in each round. This exciting family activity is a...
One of the UK’s rarest fungi, which looks like an underwater coral, has been unexpectedly found in woodland belonging to international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary.
The violet coral, Clavaria zollingeri, was recently discovered by one of the charity’s conservation officers, Helen Cavilla, at Paccombe Farm which is home to more than 350 donkeys.
The Donkey Sanctuary will once again hold its virtual Carols by Candlelight service from its international headquarters in Sidmouth, Devon this Friday 10 December.
Hosted by celebrant and former BBC Radio Bristol presenter Emma Britton, the event gets underway at 6pm and will be available to watch on The Donkey Sanctuary’s website.
Visitors to The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth this winter can enjoy the new ‘Glow Trail’, which combines festive family fun, exercise and brainpower, and the opportunity to explore the sanctuary grounds to discover the hidden clues.
The trail shines a light on the stories of donkeys from around the world, and concludes in the heart of the sanctuary in the festively lit Glow Room, where...
Donkeys can play a key role in protecting vulnerable communities against global warming, according to Devon-based charity, The Donkey Sanctuary, which will take part in the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow next week.
Speaking at an event at COP26, the international animal welfare charity will explain how working donkeys play an essential role in building resilience to...
Donkeys are playing a key role in an innovative conservation scheme encouraging the growth of wildflowers at the headquarters of international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary.
Paddy and Kelley, a pair of rescued donkeys, are being regularly walked through a wildflower meadow at the site in Sidmouth, as part of their routine training and exercise.
The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth will host East Devon’s new travelling creative space – the Creative Cabin on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 August, offering visitors free hands-on activities and the chance to learn all about one of the UK's rarest bats - the grey long-eared-bat.
Activities at the 'Completely Batty' event include making flying bat models and bat masks, as well as putting...
Harry the donkey appears to be getting caught up with the football fever gripping the nation ahead of Sunday’s big game.
Like his famous namesake, England international Harry Kane, Harry aged 16, who is a resident at the headquarters of animal welfare charity The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, Devon, seems to really enjoy playing with footballs as part of his daily enrichment...
A quick-thinking groom helped a donkey deliver her foal safely, after one of its front legs became stuck during birth, at international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary.
The mare, called Abbie, went into labour on Tuesday evening (8 June), and when groom, Lisa Coles went to check on her, she quickly realised that one of the foal’s front legs was stuck. Lisa could see that...
