Our golden oldies

We're often asked how long donkeys live for and we've certainly got a lot of elderly donkeys with us! As you're probably aware, the majority of donkeys that come to us are quite old and have usually worked all of their lives. Consequently few of them arrive with 100% health but we provide the very best care for them in the autumn of their lives.

Over two thirds of our donkeys are more than 20 years old and 50% are over 25. Our oldest male is Byron (in the first picture) who is 39 years old and here is our oldest female Layla, (seen here) who is 37.

When you consider that one donkey year is around three human years that makes them both over 100 years old if they were human! We're not sure if either of them will get to the incredible age of dear Maramenos who was an amazing 54 when he sadly left us...