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My wife Sue ‘dragged me along’ to HeeHaws as she thought it would be good for me to do other things apart from our house restoration. I moaned a bit – well, you’ve got to eh?! – but I secretly love it. The donkeys are fantastic characters, it’s been really nice to get out and […]

After taking a break from work recently, I wanted to find something I could do that would still benefit others but without being too stressful for me. Because I’ve always adored donkeys I chose to volunteer at HeeHaws and it’s been brilliant. Loads of laughs with my fellow volunteers (and the donkeys!) and the fresh

Woody arrived here with Fern on the 17th of February 2022. They had been found abandoned in a forest by a couple of young girls. The girls helped the donkeys and found them temporary accommodation. After contacting many other rescue organisations without any success or even replies, they contacted us. The situation was now desperate

In August 2022 we were called out on many occasions to help catch 3 donkeys wandering the country lanes. It’s amazing they didn’t cause an accident or get hurt. They were shy, scared of people, and just ran off whenever we approached them. The mayors of two communes were involved in trying to safeguard the

In October 2021 we were contacted by en elderly lady whose donkey couldn’t stand up by herself. Once helped was up she was strong and ok. She asked if we could help by taking the donkey as she was struggling. We agreed to visit and what we found was really quite shocking!Rosa, aged 24 was

Little Mabel arrived here on the 7th of June 2021 with her friend Maggie (we are not sure if they’re related) and 2 others, Betty and Florence. All were headed for the meat lorry. That just doesn’t bear thinking about. Mabel was only 5 at the time and such a quiet sweet soul. It turns

Holly came to Heehaws in January 2019 with her baby Caspar, and their friends Angel and Cracker. Holly was in a terrible state, suffering from extreme neglect. She was very underweight, full of worms, and had bad rain scald. The vet said they were lucky they were rescued when they were or they would have

What can we say, this bundle of lively opinionated fluff arrived here at HeeHaws in August with her mum Blossom. She was born on May 18th, 2022 so was only 4 months old. She was dark brown when she arrived but is rapidly turning grey, like her sister Violet and half-brother Basil. Fast-forward to March

Fern arrived here with Woody on the 17th February 2022. They had been found abandoned in a forest. A couple of young girls helped them and found them temporary accommodation. After contacting many other rescue organisations without any success or even replies, they contacted us. The situation was now desperate and we felt we had