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Lisa Collins from the U.S. paid a visit to the Sanctuary. She said Sparkle was the cutest, as all new babies are. She also had a weak spot
for Watty, our oldest. In the end youth won out and she adopted Sparkle.
On August 13th, Monique van der Hoek paid a visit to the Sanctuary. Monique is from Aruba. She fell in love with Pica because he is a survivor. Pica is our donkey who survived being hit by a car years ago and has two deformed legs. He is a very sweet donkey.
Adoption August 13, 2007 - 2008
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Pica on Friday, October 26, 2007. Pica was having his hooves trimmed and apparently he became scared and jumped up. When he landed he broke his front right leg (the one that had been broken before). The vet was called and came to the Sanctuary. Unfortunately there was nothing he could do as the bone was through the skin and it was his bad leg so he was put down
Joseph Mellentinie from Indiana has come to the sanctuary before and bought a lot of our t-shirts. This time he decided to adopt a donkey and chose Cookie. She is our youngest donkey and is very fond on Joseph as he followed him around.
Elaine Donoghue from Massachusetts chose Snip to adopt when she visited the Sanctuary. She chose him because of his name and the history behind it.
Snip is the father of Roulette who was born in 2009
Karen Pietruszkiewicz from Connecticut was on a Caribbean cruise and want to go to the Sanctuary in Bonaire. For some reason this could not be done and she got in touch with us to find out directions and hours for our Sanctuary. She fell in love with Bambi who is our donkey with a spinal birth defect. Karen loves the underdog and adopted him. She also liked how Lucky takes care of Bambi.
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.
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
