donkey, she was crying as well. it's summer 2010. and as part of a bizarre publicity stunt, a local tourist operator rents a donkey and uses it to promote his parasailing business by flying the terrified animal 150 feet in the air. >> they didn't think a lot about what they're doing. the poor donkey, i feel the pain for her. >> a correspondent for the news agency east to west and a frequent contributor to the british newspaper "the sun." >> people, they made pictures of her and like video of her. i think that people couldn't believe this could happen. >> the video shows the donkey strapped into a harness and taking off in the air. she flies for 30 awful minutes. witnesses say from the ground, they could hear the animal braying. >> i think it's never happened in russia before.