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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Lost Donkey Making Friends at Shelter

Humane Animal Welfare Society has a pleasant visitor but is looking for his owner.

So just how does one lose an animal as large as a donkey? That is what the Humane Animal Welfare Society is trying to figure out. The animal shelter is now home to a stray donkey that was found wandering in the Town of Genesee around noon Wednesday. The donkey’s a fan of ear rubs, according to Jennifer Smieja, who is the development coordinator at H.A.W.S. “He’s a really nice animal – and he seems to really like the dogs that are playing in the neighboring fenced areas,” she said in an email.  “All of the dogs are just captivated by him, too.” More from the email: Mark Hess – our Field Services Manager – corralled him and with the help of the sheriff’s department spent most of yesterday afternoon and evening out canvassing the neighborhood…

Cindi Ashbeck

3:18 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012

It's great that they are posting the lost donkey! Now they need to start posting their lost aka stray dogs! That is something every shelter should be doing! So I would challenge HAWS to show the same concern for the dogs and cats at the shelter that they are affording this Donkey!   more ›

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