Carol Brooks, from Florida, loves animals. When she came to the Sanctuary, she kissed all the donkeys before deciding on which one to adopt. She chose Bambi who is our small donkey with a birth defect. His spine is not straight. After an e-mail, she wrote that she also wanted to adopt Lucky. Lucky is always with Bambi and taking care of him.

Bambi, another of our cherished friends, had to be put to sleep. Bambi came to us in September 2006. He had a birth defect, scoliosis (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.

Every year Jim & Phyllis Ellafrits from Florida visit the Sanctuary and adopt a donkey plus purchase Christmas cards. This year was no different. They chose our baby Cookie to adopt in honor of the birth of their great granddaughter Deanna Fagin. Hopefully Deanna can pay a visit to the sanctuary one day to see her adopted donkey.

The adoption of Ramon by Karrie The Aruban donkey sanctuary

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Karrie from Massachusetts, saw some of the donkeys that roam the island. She came out to the Sanctuary and liked the work that we do. She decided to help by adopting Ramon who is a very sweet donkey.

****Adopting One Eye for 10 years ****

Bam de Jong & Desiree Schouw came to Aruba on vacation in 2007. They choose One Eye as their adoption donkey. Even during their vacations they are involved in animal rescue. Bam works for the Animal Ambulance in Gouda (yes from the cheese) in the Netherlands. They renew the adoption every year. Thank you so very much Bam and Desiree!

When Xander Potter and his parents Annelies & Nick were on holiday on Aruba they paid a visit to the Sanctuary. Xander fed our youngest donkey, Sunday Dream, some apple which he had never had before. Sunday really liked it. Xander is 8 years old and bought our book "Kosh Kosh, The Green Donkey from Aruba" and has already finished reading it. He is planning on doing a speech at his school about the donkeys. Also he and his parents are collecting money for our donkeys

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Directions

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.

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Opening hours:

Everyday from 9:00 until 16:00. Closed only on January 1st.

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Taxi Address Service +297 587 9900

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News

Adoption Bambi & Lucky by Carol Brooks September 2008 - 2009

Adoption Cookie by Deanna Fagin January 2009 - 2010

Adoption Ramon by Karrie May 2009 - 2010

Adoption One Eye by Desiree Schouw & Bam de Jong since October 2007

Adoption Sunday Dream by Xander Potter May 2008 - 2009

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