The Donkey Sanctuary is for animals in recovery that are to be re-homed or for those animals that will be permanent residents due to their age or continual need for medication. There are no paid staff and it relies purely on volunteers.. The sanctuary needs visitors to pat, pamper, talk to and walk their ‘guests’.
Donkeys can live for 50 years and have the same emotions of love, fear, loneliness and tenderness as people. They love people, especially children, so why not pay them a visit…..
Opening hours are 9 – 12 and 7 – 9pm daily in the summer and 10 – 2 during winter. Saturday morning, 10 – 2, is Kidz Club and it’s free. Carrots, apples, lettuce, fresh grass etc are nice for the donkeys (hint hint) and cat and dog food is always welcome.
There are puppies and kittens looking for a good home, pot-bellied pigs, sheep, horses and all sorts.
The sanctuary is located opposite the butano gas yard – about 400 metres from Supersol – just past the decorative blue arch as you leave Nerja in the direction of Málaga. For more info call 618 467 575. Website
Other links.
SEPE, the Spanish charity, has its own website: www.sepeonline.net and the main donkeyaid website, with lots of info and links, is www.donkeyaid.com
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