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Rescued by: Bridging Lanka

Home: Mannar Donkey Sanctuary

In November 2017, a male foal arrived at the Mannar Donkey Sanctuary. The staff named him Jaime. Jaime had significant burns to his body caused by intentional animal cruelty — he was likely set on fire.

With daily application of ointments and proper care, Jaime is now a happy, healthy foal. He has a ginger-tinged coat and is very energetic and playful. He prefers green fodder to the drier copra (poonak), and his caretakers love doting on him.

Rescued by: Friendicoes, India

Home: Gurgaon Sanctuary, Delhi

Chaya is a quiet & "elegant" horse. Chaya is the quintessential lady of the place. No unruly, bad behaviour from her. No unpleasant surprises. Easy going, laid back and content left to her own company. She does not need much monitoring or minding. Gentle with her caregivers, indifferent to visitors and with no quirks she blends into her surroundings very smoothly. Chaya is not very fond of boisterous horses, so she is usually left alone or with older, less active equines whose only activity can be seen at meal times when they make their way to the feed troughs from their own corners of the field. One thing she enjoys thoroughly are her grooming sessions and you can almost see her preening after she is done. 

Titli is a three-year-old and has the wind in her legs. If there is a horse who loves to run it is our Titli. Her racehorse father's genes show strong in her love for running. Remember she is the girl whose mom was one of the 50 odd horses rescued from the neglected stud farm. At the time her mom Chaya was pregnant and gave birth to Titli at the Friendicoes sanctuary 6 months after her rescue. She is no doubt the fastest runner among the horses at the sanctuary considering the amount of practice she puts in. The smallest thing gets her off galloping around the field in happiness or excitement. The next favourite thing is to roll in mud and cool off after she has had a spirited run. She is always the one in the most need of grooming. 

Titli is no more her mother's shadow. She is attending "school", learning to be a lady, and getting up to all kinds of mischief in the process. Her favourite trick is to sneak up behind unsuspecting people and scare them silly breathing down their neck. Being the youngest of all the horses at the sanctuary she gets some extra attention and pampering from the caregivers. 

Rescued by: A foreign lady, Afghanistan

Home: Nowzad Clinic, Afghanistan

A foreign lady saw Jalala, a female donkey, next to a mountain and immediately knew she had fallen.  The owner had unfortunately abandoned her because she could not work anymore.

The foreign women brought Jalala to the Nowzad clinic. She was checked and she had lots of injuries on her legs and had a weak nerve support on right front leg. The Foreign women named her ‘Jalala’, which means beautiful in Dari. After a lengthy treatment and physiotherapy, she recovered and now is in the Nowzad donkey shelter. She is old and does not have most of her teeth, so she was given lots of fruits and vegetables which she loves to spend time chewing, they make her very happy. Despite everything she’s been through, she is friendly and lets people pet her.

Rescued by: Friendlicoes, India 

Home: Gurgaon Sanctuary, Delhi

Our dear Ila, a female donkey, is looking healthy and doing well. She has discovered a new love for "petting" and is often hanging out near the fence hoping for some attention from staff and visitors passing by her enclosure. So, Ila ensures she cannot be missed by standing where she can greet all the humans and get her daily dose of petting while at it. After being limited to inside the stables for a long time due to the wound she had arrived with that took a very long time to heal, she seems to be now making up for all the missed attention that other donkeys have enjoyed all this time. She is turning into a people's donkey and prefers to be around humans rather than other donkeys.

Rescued by: Friendicoes, India

Home: Gurgaon Sanctuary, Delhi

Truffles had a hard time with her mom's passing last year but on the good side it has led to her learning to live life away from her mother's shadow. She has grown to be more outgoing and social than ever before. She can be seen interacting with a group of young ladies, namely Meethi and Titli and getting into mock fights, and even nuzzling them. This group of young ladies seems to have determined their pecking order in the herd and Truffles has made her place and peace with them. She is still nervous around new people and hence it is a wrench if both the caretakers she is familiar and comfortable with have to go on leave together. Usually such a situation is avoided so that she does not develop any anxiety with a new handler. We are working on socializing her more with visitors and other staff so that she does not get stressed out if her caretaker changes or new people enter her field. 

She has also put on some weight and her coat is shining and glossy. In short, this season Truffles is looking her best. She has now stepped into adulthood having completed 4 years a few months back and is one of the best-looking mares at the sanctuary. 

Rescued by: Animal Nepal, Nepal

Home : Godavari Donkey Sanctuary

Sangit is a male donkey. He was rescued from Santaneshwor brick kiln in Lalitpur district. Our team found him in a dire condition and he was very weak. Once recovered, Sangit has not faced any health issues after his rescue.

In 2017, Sangit did not face any major health problems. He is easy to handle during routine vaccinations. A friendly and lovable donkey, Sangit gets along with everyone, especially our para-vet Tara. He loves roaming around the grassy fields and playing in the mud. He has quite an appetite and is very pleased when cabbage is part of the menu!