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Visit the New Aruban Donkey Sanctuary in Bringamosa!
visitors’ center where one signed and then the don-
can have a cold drink on keys will have 120.000
the covered porch, buy a square meters to play in:
souvenir in the shop and eight times bigger than our
make a stop at the rest- current location at Sta. Lu-
rooms. All this makes a cia, where we housed our
visit to the Aruban Don- donkeys at no cost during
key Sanctuary worth your the past 20 years courtesy
while. Not everything is of the Paris family.
100% finished, but there is It would be very nice if
more than enough ready you came by to meet the
to adequately welcome donkeys in their new habi-
visitors. Depending on our tat; it could be an edu-
finances, the rest will be cational way of spending
completed `poco poco’; your free time. Enjoy sip-
the cost alone of fencing ping your drink or eating
in a 120.000 square-meter an ice cream at Bringamo-
area with donkey-proof sa. Take the road at your
fencing is enormous. It is, left to Frenchman’s Pass
however, necessary, as when coming from Santa
roaming donkeys are a Curz and take a left again
BRINGAMOSA - After al- come so large that it had treatments and dentistry;
most 20 years at Santa Lu- to be housed at three dif- they can be washed there
cia, it became high time for ferent locations. At Bringa- too, if necessary. A donkey
the Aruban Donkey Sanc- mosa all the donkeys are KIA (prison) will incarcerate
tuary to move to a newer together, plus there are lots the animals that are not
and larger area to house of new facilities: six stables 100% to be trusted; these
its 130 donkeys, so last year for sick or pregnant don- are often donkeys with
the new Donkey Sanctu- keys, who may be nursed traumas following abuse or
ary’s doors at Bringamosa and taken care of in a safe an accident. There is also a
opened wide for all to en- environment. spacious location for don-
joy! The new opening hours The stables are baby-proof, key feed, running water
are from 9am to 4pm, ev- so that newborn donkeys and electricity; especially
ery day of the week. can take their first steps water is a first necessity for
The move was unavoid- there. There is also a donkey the donkeys.
able, as the herd had be- aid station for veterinary For guests there is a cozy
hazard in traffic. as soon as you can. From
The new Donkey Sanctu- there you will find signs how
ary has it’s start on a ter- to find our new Donkey
rain that is rented cheaply Sanctuary. You are more
from the government. It than welcome from 9am
is currently 22.000 square until 4pm. Please come!
meters, but the remaining For more information, call
documents have been 593-2933.
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