Learn more about our work across Spain and Italy
New research by the University of Portsmouth and The Donkey Sanctuary found that working equids whose owners believe they feel emotions have significantly better health and welfare outcomes than those whose owners do not.
Donkeys and mules at one of our sanctuaries in Spain are benefitting from a land re-seeding programme designed to boost the enrichment and wellbeing of the herd.
International animal welfare charities The Donkey Sanctuary and Brooke were given a seal of approval when they took their donkey skin trade campaigns to the Queen Sofia Foundation in Madrid, Spain, last month.
Thanks to an amazing public response, The Donkey Sanctuary in Italy has successfully found urgent homes for most of the 48 donkeys they seized from a “hell” farm.
For the first time, The Donkey Sanctuary presented members of the European Parliament with evidence of the growing donkey skin trade at a meeting in Strasbourg last week.
Our sanctuaries in Spain and Italy
Our Spanish sanctuary, El Refugio Del Burrito, transforms the quality of life for donkeys and mules in Spain.
Our Italian sanctuary, Il Rifugio Degli Asinelli, protects donkeys and promotes their welfare in Italy.
Where we work
The latest updates from our work across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
We work to ensure donkeys across the Americas are nurtured and well looked after, helping them form a vital part of local communities.
