Adoption Kodak by Jacqueline & Huib Doorenbos since July 2007

The Doorenbos', Jacqueline and Huib, are the neighbors to the donkey sanctuary.  They love animals and have two street dogs named after two  of the 101 Dalmatians, Patch and Pongo.  They love living next to the Sanctuary and wanted to know if we had a donkey named after a Disney character.  Of course, we have Bambi so they deiced to adopt him on an ongoing basis.

However Bambi had to be put to sleep.  Bambi came to us in September 2006.  He had a birth defect, scliosis (a curvature of the spine).  As he grew and got older his back became worse and he was having trouble walking.  It was not going to get better so the difficult decision was made to let him go to donkey heaven.  We will all miss him as will his devoted friend and protector, Lucky.Jacqueline and Huib continued to support us by adopting Kodak instead of Bambi.

Adoption Esmeralda by Marja Kik since October 2005

Marja Kik, Jacqueline Boderie sister, volunteers every vacation on Aruba. She adopted Esmeralda back in 2008 and sometimes pays her adoption fee with micro chips for all donkeys or vaccines or dewormers. She is a veterinarian specialized in reptiles in the Netherlands but loves to hang around our donkeys as well.  

Adoption Lucky & Watty since March 2004

Lucky & Watty are adopted since March 28, 2004. Lucky is brought back to Bringamosa, our second donkey sanctuary (she is reunited with her son Bastiaan). We do not trust her that much with visitors. She really likes food and fights for it. Like she has ever been hungry since she is with us.

Adoption Rason by Susannah Thompson since December 2005

Five years ago Steven Trigilio & Frank Reynolds from New Jersey adopted Rason for their friend Suzanne Thompson. They have renewed this gift every year and Rason is happy to have Suzanne as his adoptive Mom.