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Megan Diehl made laptop stickers and sold hem at the Hong Kong international School. She raised so much money she decided to adopt some donkeys on her visit to Aruba. She adopt the last five babies born at the Sanctuary- Boefie, Thunder, Primrose, Pegaso and little Yankee.
Mark Palmer and Anita Yee from Massachusetts came to the Sanctuary on their visit to Aruba. They fell in love with the donkeys and wanted to adopt the next baby. The chose the name Yankee and he was born on Wednesday, June 29th. His mom is Riba and his Dad is Sky.
Suzan and Tommy Jiles from the U.S. picked Thistle to adopt. Thistle is our resident decorator as he is always rearranging the chairs on the porch. We put them back in place and he comes and moves them to his liking.
Diny and Willem Grol live on Aruba and decided to adopt a donkey. They chose Maartje who is a friendly donkey. Maartje had been fostered out but returned to us when the foster parents could no longer care for her.
Every year they renew the adoptio
n. Thank you Diny and Willem!
Primrose who was born in September 2010, was adopted by Ralph and Janet Dimatteo from the U.S. when they came to the Sanctuary. Primrose is a very pretty little donkey.
Take Route 4a from the hotels and follow this road for 14 km, pass all the circles/roundabouts until you see a sign for the French Men’s Pass. Make a left turn onto the French Men’s Pass, then 1st left, 2nd right. On that dirt road you will find the Donkey Sanctuary after about 200 meters.
If you have a GPS device, navigate to these coordinates: N 12°48.974’ W 069°96.642’ This will bring you to the entrance of the Donkey Sanctuary.
Or use Google Maps Directions
