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Address:

Agia Marina, Petrokefali,

Mires

Heraklion, Crete, 70400

Greece

Phone: (0030) 2892042556

Mobile: (0030) 6949168763

New donkey arrivals

From Spring till Fall 2012 we’ve had a couple of new arrivals. Sweet Antigoni,

Nefeli and the beautiful Ermioni.

Our first arrival was Antigone. She’s 45 years old and the senior of all the

donkeys. She was a wedding present as a foal and has come to retire to our

Sanctuary. She arrived early May 2012 and we also brought over her friend, the

ram, Bebe.

And then in September, Nefeli arrived. Nefeli’s owner was beating her in a

drunken rage on a daily basis. The owners grandaughter called Marianna to

ask her to come and take the donkey away. When the grandfather was asleep,

they came and rescued the donkey. She had cuts from being whipped and a

deep wound on her right hip. Marianna called the vet and nursed her back to

health again. She is a beautiful, happy donkey again! Nefeli is a small dapple

grey donkey aged around 17 years… Thank you Marianna for the wonderful

care and work.

For more information

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donkeyrescue.com

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Spring 2012/

Autumn 2012

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More new arrivals

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Outreach visit 2-3

Rescue dogs 3-4

Neutering days 5

Donkey cross 6

History of the horses-

hoe

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Latest news 8

Donk-E-Shop 8

Website & Facebook 9

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More new arrivals...

Outreach visit March 2012

And our last arrival is Ermioni. In September we received a call from a young

woman in Eretria mainland Greece. She had found a donkey tied to a tree, left

without food or water. The owner no longer wanted it… After approaching

various equine groups on the mainland who were unable to help, we agreed to

rescue the little donkey who came to us from Piraeus to Iraklion by boat. We

are very grateful to CARAT for all their support and for paying the transport

costs to bring Ermioni to the safety of our Sanctuary...

Every year the equine vets come round and check out our donkeys and the don-

keys from around the area. The donkeys have their teeth rasped and their ho-

oves treated by a professional vet and farrier. Here are some pictures from their

last visit.

A dog maybe

man’s best

friend, but the

donkey wrote

history

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Outreach visit October 2012

All of our rescue donkeys will get their 6 monthly health check up, hooves filed

and teeth checked. Our new rescue donkey Ermioni will feel much more comfor-

table after her very long hooves have been treated!! After the team visits our

Sanctuary, we went to the surrounding villages to check the local working don-

keys. We try to inform the locals of these free services and that it is important to

take care of the donkeys. Here are some pictures of our Outreach visit...

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Often people know that we care about animals and drop them in boxes in front of our gate. We try to help as

many as we possibly can, but it’s very hard, considering people have no money with the crisis. We are not a

dog Sanctuary...we help homeless, abandoned dogs by arranging sterilisation programs and helping, with the

support of fosters, find forever homes.

We care for many hungry & thirsty barrel– and street dogs in the area but sadly, can’t help them all. Our

grateful thanks to Arche Noah Kreta for their help with food donations. Here are some of the dogs we hel-

ped find their golden basket. Only Ginger is still looking for his forever home

There is honor in being a dog - Aristotle -

Ginger was found by Ma-

ria in May, lying critically

wounded on the roadside

with a very deep cut in his

throat. He is all healed

and still with us now, des-

perately looking for a lo-

ving home. He’s aged

around 10 months, has a

lovely character and walks

very nicely on a lead

now...

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Lucky was found wan-

dering the streets of

Timbaki, dazed and

confused. His left eye

was full of maggots.

Lucky was treated im-

mediatly by vets, the

eye removed, socket

cleaned out and stiched

up. He was also neute-

red . For a while we

thought he would beco-

me blind, when his good

eye was all swollen and

full of puss. The vet

found there was a barb

stuck behind the socket

and removed it succes-

sfullly. He found his

forever home with a

loving local family

Two puppies were thrown from a moving car. Lucky

some good hearted people witnessed it and brought

them over to our Sanctuary. The puppies, we have

named them Pepper and Sel, are both in good health

and have no injuries from being thrown from the car.

Pepper has already found her new home. Sel stayed

with us until September. He flew off to Holland to

his forever home

Pixie has been at the

shelter over a year

after being beaten by

her owner for coming

back to find her mo-

ther. She and her si-

blings were dumped

several weeks old.

Pixie finally found her

forever home in Hol-

land and left us in July

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In August, this sweet girl

was found near the rubbish

on a busy parking lot. She

was full of ticks and had a

skin condition. After a vet

check up and a couple of

washes and a shave, she

looked a lot better. We

gave her worm treatment

and couldn’t resist that

sweet face. We took her

home and she’s now enjoy-

ing her time with new best

friend Chica. We named

her Coco

While we were at the neutering

day, a boy came and told us

that there was a mother dog

with newborn puppies behind

the corner. We went to have a

look and found the mother with

her ten newborn puppies in the

most appaling conditions. We

took them home and cared for

them until they were big enough

to be adopted. All of them have

found forever homes or a foster

home in Germany. Many

thanks to Thomas & Ines from

Arche Noah Kreta

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Neutering days April 2012

Here are some pictures from the neutering days in our area. We thank all

involved and the wonderful vets who are doing a great job. We try our very

best to help unwanted animals or animals in need, but somethimes we just

don’t have the needs or the place to take them all in. Specially now with the

crisis, there are so much more strays and so few people that care (or are eble

to care financially). Every time the vets come by for a neutering program, we

try to find as many stray dogs as possible to have them neutered. Sadly after

they recover, we have to put them on the streets again. That is why we try

and look for their forever homes throught our website and all the people who

are helping us with our cause through word of mouth. You can always help

us by sending us wormtablets, tick treatment,...so we can at least help them

with the basic care

Neutering Sunday 5th of August 2012

The neutering day was a success. Lots of local people and we found a mother

dog who had just given birth to 10 puppies and took her home. Every time the

vets come by for a neutering program, we try to find as many stray dogs as

possible to have them neutered & inform people in the area and help with

organizing. A big thank you to all the vets for their wonderful work!

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Lcky was found wandering the

streets of Timbaki, dazed and

confused. His left eye was full

of maggots. Lucky was treated

immediatly by vets, the eye

removed, socket cleaned out

and stiched up. He was also

neutered & will soon be ready

for his forever home. For a

while we thought he would

become blind, when his good

eye was all swollen and full of

puss. The vet found there was

a barb stuck behind the socket

and removed it successfullly.

Lucky is indeed very Lucky and

will make a full recovery.

Two puppies were thrown

from a moving car. Lucky some

good hearted people witnessed

it and brought them over to

our Sanctuary. The puppies, we

have named them Pepper and

Sel, are both in good health and

have no injuries from being

thrown from the car. Pepper

has already found her new

home. Sel is still here with us,

looking for his golden basket.

Sel is the puppy on the left

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A dog maybe

man’s best

friend, but the

donkey wrote

history

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Address:

Agia Marina, Petrokefali, Mires

Heraklion, Crete, 70400

Greece

Phone: (0030) 2892042556

Mobile: (0030) 6949168763

visit us on our

website or

facebookpage

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Latest news

Because some of our donkeys are quite shy, we thought it would

be a good idea to have a “Donkey of the Month”. This way, all

of our friends, fans & supporters will get the chance to get to

know ALL the donkeys and not just the greedy & nosy ones ;-)

August was dedicated to our sweet Antigoni. She’s a little don-

key aged 45 years and she was a wedding present as a foal. Sep-

tember was for our handsome Elefteris and in October, Iason is

looking his best ...

Donk-E-Shop

Our Donk-E-Shop will soon be online. Keep an eye out and have a look at our beautiful & funny Donkey

items … Here’s a sneak preview

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Website & Facebook

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We try to update our website as much as possible and have been working on

making a personal page for all our donkeys. Simply by clicking on the donkey’s

name on the “Adopt a donkey” page, you will be directed to their own page with

pictures, information & regular updates.

Also for our fan page on Facebook, we try our best to update our friends & fans

with daily updates, pictures, shares from other interesting pages, beautiful pic-

tures and quotes. We started making our own pictures with quotes, sayings &

jokes so we could bring a smile on someone’s face or to make people stop and

think about it. Most of all, we want our page to be a positive one which is not

always easy with all the horrible things we see. We just try our best and want

to show our supporters that there are still a lot of good people on this earth who

are all doing their very best.