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Billy Bean
Grey/brown gelding - Born 1993 Billy Bean came with Crackers. These two boys arrived at the park together in 2002. They originally came from a farm park in Wales which had lost all there livestock during the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001. As they missed all the attention from the visitors they were beginning to misbehave and becoming quite a handful, therefore we were asked to take them in.

Year of Birth: 1993

Desmond
Grey/brown gelding - Born 30th November 2004 (mother Mary and father Jacko). He gets to look more like his late mother Mary as each year passes.

Year of Birth: 2004

Sasha
Dark brown gelding. Born 1999 Sasha was named by the children of Chernobyl when they visited Sorley tunnel, where he was born. At a year old he came to us to be a companion for a donkey owned by a local lady who sadly had just lost one of hers. Up until 2008 he lived with this lady and her donkey Tilly, but it was then decided that he needed to come down to the park for much needed training. So he and Tilly came and joined all the other donkeys.

Year of Birth: 1999

Treacle
Grey gelding. Born 2006 Treacle's mother is Joyce and he was born on 27 June 2006. He was bred to work on the park when one of the older donkeys retired, but due a medical problem he will not be starting to work.) He is the smallest of all the donkeys.

Year of Birth: 2006

Paddy
Born 2002 Paddy is one of four boys who came to the park in March 2008 from a Lady in North Devon who has rescued many different equines over the years. She rescued the boys from inner city Dublin when they were 6 months old. Unfortunately this lovely kind lady has gone down with severe arthritis and was struggling with the day to day demands of four young strong donkeys. After much thought, she asked us to take them in. She visits regularly and we update her on their progress.

Year of Birth: 2002

Declan
Born 2002 Declan is one of four boys who came to the park in March 2008 from a Lady in North Devon who has rescued many different equines over the years. She rescued the boys from inner city Dublin when they were 6 months old. Unfortunately this lovely kind lady has gone down with severe arthritis and was struggling with the day to day demands of four young strong donkeys. After much thought, she asked us to take them in. She visits regularly and we update her on their progress.

Year of Birth: 2002

Seamus
A white gelding, Born 2002 Seamus is one of four boys who came to the park in March 2008 from a Lady in North Devon who has rescued many different equines over the years. She rescued the boys from inner city Dublin when they were 6 months old. Unfortunately this lovely kind lady has gone down with severe arthritis and was struggling with the day to day demands of four young strong donkeys. After much thought, she asked us to take them in. She visits regularly and we update her on their progress.

Year of Birth: 2002

Dotty
Dotty (Coloured) came with Saffy and Betsy to us October 2015 from a farm just over the river Tamar in Devon. They had been on the farm for a number of years with a couple of different owners. On the last change of ownership the new landowners tried to care for them for over a year but found it difficult so asked us to take them in.

Year of Birth: 2007

Betsy
Betsy (Light Brown)came with Dotty and Saffy to us October 2015 from a farm just over the river Tamar in Devon. They had been on the farm for a number of years with a couple of different owners. On the last change of ownership the new landowners tried to care for them for over a year but found it difficult so asked us to take them in.

Year of Birth: 2012

Gabby
Gabby came with her mother Jill and father Jack to us in early 2018 from near Callington as they had become too much for their owners to look after.

Year of Birth: 2017

Lenny
He is believed to be about a year old, originally from Ireland and arrived in Cornwall on a transporters lorry along with a pony. The people expecting the pony were not expecting a donkey but he was left with them!!!! Even though they absolutely loved him they knew he needed donkey company to be truly happy. He is already making friends and looks forward to seeing all our visitors.

Year of Birth: 2017

Jack
Jack had been with Jill for many years and came to us with their latest foal Gabby in early 2018 from near Callington as they had become too much for their owners to look after.

Year of Birth: 2005

Jill
Jill had been with Jack for many years and came to us with their latest foal Gabby in early 2018 from near Callington as they had become too much for their owners to look after.

Year of Birth: 2005

Goats

Bambi
Bambi along with Loaf and Hovis needed a new home after their owners had a house fire.
Bambi is now the companion for Hugo on Goat Mountain

Loaf
Loaf along with Bambi and Hovis needed a new home after their owners had a house fire.
Loaf loves using the visitor's bench in the evening when the park is closed.

Pugh
Pugh a Pygmy goat came from a lady who had many goats, however Pugh kept jumping over fences and getting into next doors garden and eating their runner beans!

Hugo
Hugo came to us when he was about six months old. The lady he came from had lots of goats but Hugo kept escaping. Here at our sanctuary he has even managed to jump every fence and a 4ft6in stable door. He now roams as he pleases and is a favourite with our visitors.

 
 
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