Latest News.

Welcome to our news section where we hope to keep you up to date with the antics of the herd and any relevant news that concerns ANCRAA. The news stories are in reverse date order so the newest should always be at the top. If you think that you have any exciting relevant news then please get in contact with us.

Story Date	Headline
08/10/2009	Hot hot summer & two new guardians for the donkeys
It is a hot hot summer and all the donkeys are moving just a bit slower these days and most certainly taking a siesta in the afternoons as is the custom here in Spain. All the girlies are now down at ..... Link to full story
06/05/2009	The miracle twins have arrived.
Latest news from the Donkey Sanctuary is that Lola has produced her twins!! Yes, the miracle twins have arrived AND survived which is amazing. They were three weeks premature and were like two ..... Link to full story
03/01/2008	Latest Donkey News - Latest Foal
It has been a long time since this news page has been updated and for that apologies!!! Too much work, as donkeys need lots of love and care and they do come first. Those of you that have visited hav ..... Link to full story
23/06/2006	Major Catch up so far this year
We have now had the herd assessed for breed standard, This is a major step forward as it does authenticate them to be correct for reproduction of the breed. As you can imagine the assessment takes int ..... Link to full story
01/06/2006	Marisma and her hoof problem
Marisma and her hoof problem have been a cause for concern throughout the year one way and another. In total she has had three operations and the biopsy did show it is a melanoma in the hoof. The TLC ..... Link to full story
30/11/2005	Exhibition by Monty Roberts
In October there was an exhibition by Monty Roberts locally. This was a wonderful evening show and a lot of useful information gained. Since then we have put into practice quite a lot of his basic ide ..... Link to full story
30/09/2005	Rosario produced a beautiful female foal - Bella Belinda
By the end of the summer Rosario was the size of a number 47 bus! Her foal not due until end of October time. We were thinking that it might be twins again!! So October passed and on November 1st Ros ..... Link to full story
30/05/2005	Long Hot Summer
The long hot summer ploddled along and the days were a long hot haze of donkeys snoozing under trees and rolling in the dust and eating leisurely with a light summer breeze ruffling their manes. W ..... Link to full story
30/04/2005	Lots to share - Parternity Test - Naughty Liason
Since the last news update quite a lot has happened. The days just fly by and all too soon it is evening once more and time for some sleep after caring for all these donkeys!! Anyway, May time Palom ..... Link to full story
04/04/2005	April Showers.
Well, we certainly have had our fair share of rain and cold here in Spain this year. This means of course that we have had very wet and very muddy donkeys! How they just loved to find the muddiest par ..... Link to full story
31/01/2005	Stables, Volunteers and playpens
We are now at the end of January 2005. Our two new GVI volunteers Georgia and Lauren have been with us for just a month and have really got to grips with their work on the project. They both ride we ..... Link to full story
01/01/2005	Christmas Donkeys and Thank Yous
Christmas proved to be a wonderful surprise for the donkeys as two sponsors have given them a wonderful brand new trailer!! This has been collected from the factory in Seville and now sits proudly o ..... Link to full story
24/11/2004	Volunteers and Calendars
Summer turned into Autumn and we said sad goodbyes to Alan and Christine on their return to UK. They had given so much valuable time as volunteers at the breeding sanctuary, always with a smile and a ..... Link to full story
16/11/2004	Last Birth of the year
Next on the list and the final girlie to birth was Lola. Now this is Steven's special girlie that he rides out. Lola likes her stable so it was no surprise that she chose to be inside to birth. She ..... Link to full story
25/10/2004	September Foal
August soon melted into September and it was still very hot and really hot for the two girlies who were heavy with foal. Lola and Rosario pottered about the place not wanting to go too far as their ..... Link to full story
15/09/2004	Long Hot Summer of 2004 and lots of new foals
The summer was long and hot after the birth of Amoretto it was the turn of Pepa to bring her foal into the world.So on the evening of the 16th July Pepa chose to birth out on the terrace. As it was ha ..... Link to full story
04/06/2004	Another beautiful foal!
Well, finally Vuela Pluma who has been keeping us all in suspsense decided it was time to give her baby to the world!So on a Friday at midday 21st May to be exact, I happened to look down the finca to ..... Link to full story
04/05/2004	New Roof - Raffel and a new Foal.
After the birth of Aurora the next item on the agenda was the raffle to raise money for the roof over the stable yard. So tickets were sold and the draw took place on March 20th at the Life Centre at ..... Link to full story
15/03/2004	The birth of Aurora.
Marisma one of the giant Andalucian donkeys was due to give birth around March 6th, the time of the full moon. We watched her girth increase and she was waddling around and slowing down a bit towards ..... Link to full story
23/02/2004	New Roof,New Volunteers and a NEW FOAL expected.
Firstly I am happy to tell you that we have the funds to make the roof shelter over the stable yard for the girlies and also the hands to put it all up!!Two smashing volunteers Brian and Alan are goi ..... Link to full story
13/01/2004	Happy New Year from the donkeys!
Here we are at the start of another year and all the donkeys send their greetings to you all. Things have been quiet over the Christmas period and the routine continued as usual." Britty an ..... Link to full story
26/12/2003	Christmas catch up! and Calendar for 2004 now available
So much has happened these last few weeks and the time has flown by. Firstly Serrato just grows and grows and is becoming a really selfassured little being.He knows his name and now wears a red halter ..... Link to full story
01/11/2003	Serrato the baby has four teeth!!
Today Serrato is just 6 weeks old! I cannot believe how these weeks have flown by and little Serrato has just grown and grown! He is adorable and so curious and now is looking for mischief wheneve ..... Link to full story
31/10/2003	Birthday Celebrations!
Hello donkeylovers wherever you are, Today is El Quivir's Birthday! He is just one year old. It hardly seems possible that a year ago we were up high in the Sierra mountains close to Jaen visiting ..... Link to full story
13/10/2003	The story so far.
Hello donkeylovers everywhere! With great excitement I am starting the Latest News section of the website.It certainly has been a rollercoaster of a ride since the day in July, when on a bright su ..... Link to full story