Sally Bamforth News Today

Josh's owner had taken on the task of trimming his hooves himself, rather than relying on a professional farrier.

A brighter future awaits three donkeys who had been abandoned and left neglected on a British farm when their owner moved.

Member of the public raises alarm after seeing Daisy and Thistle wandering up a mountain road in Cumbria.

Two donkeys in need of urgent care found wandering loose on mountain road Daisy (left) and Thistle with donkey welfare adviser Sally Bamforth A pair of donkeys in need of urgent veterinary care who were found wandering loose on a Cumbrian mountain road have been rescued. Daisy and Thistle were spotted by motorists passing through the Lake District National Park last May. The donkeys, who had severely overgrown hooves and bold patches on their coats, were walking along the side ...

Two neglected donkeys who were found just days before Christmas have been given a new lease of life thanks to one animal welfare charity. After Mary and her daughter Della were discovered at a smallholding in Carlisle, donkey welfare advisers from The Donkey Sanctuary were appalled by what they found. When visiting the site last year, staff found the pair shut in a filthy stable, covered with faeces and thick mud, with no access to the fields outside. Their hooves were painfully overgro...

Horsetalk.co.nz Della, left, and Mary at the smallholding in Carlisle. © The Donkey Sanctuary Staff at an equine charity have seen a “heart-warming” transformation in two neglected donkeys who were found shut in a filthy stable strewn with manure and thick mud. Following a tip-off from a concerned member of the public in the days before Christmas last year, welfare advisers from The Donkey Sanctuary found Mary, 17, and her daughter Della, five, living in squalid conditions at a smallholdi...