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New video: The Pannage Pigs of the New Forest

Pannage Pigs in the New Forest

Discover Animals’ Geoff Moore delves into the world of Pannage in this latest video, where pigs are released into the New Forest in Hampshire to eat the acorns from the many oak trees that grow there. This is a service which helps to save the lives of other animals as the acorns are very poisonous … Read more

The Weymouth Beach Donkeys

One of the beach donkeys of Weymouth eating a carrot

In this short film, Discover Animals’ Geoff Moore visits Weymouth to meet Melanie Llewellyn of West Hill Donkeys. She talks about how she took over running children’s donkey rides on Weymouth beach, and has grown her herd to include donkeys that have emotional and behavioural needs in order to show them love and care, and … Read more

The national animal of Guernsey: the donkey

Rodney Dyke's herd of donkeys explore their surroundings

In his second report from the Channel Island of Guernsey, Discover Animals’ Geoff Moore meets Guernseyman Rodney Dyke and his donkeys to find out more about how he came to own the herd, whose characters include Cracker and Maybelle. Guernsey people are traditionally known as ‘donkeys’, said to be down to their stubborn nature, and … Read more

Donkey Sanctuary webcams help to de-stress over the Christmas period

With the stressful pre-Christmas period well underway, The Donkey Sanctuary – the world’s largest equine charity that runs ten sanctuaries across the UK and Europe – has installed multiple webcams in the donkeys’ shelters and barns meaning you can tune in any time of day, from any location, to help maintain a sense of calm. From best-friend … Read more