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                                                                                                                     Friday 25 September 2015

Support Aramis and friends at the Donkey Sanctuary Aruba!

                                                            visitors who wish to adopt      The volunteers of the sanc-  T-shirt and your name and
                                                            a donkey, who buy some-         tuary are hoping that        photo will be posted on our
                                                            thing at the donkey shop        somebody will adopt this     website. So please call the
                                                            or who make a donation.         friendly, lovely donkey.     sanctuary at 593-2933; you
                                                            Thus they help support us.      Of course the donkey will    can also register via the
                                                            Everyone is welcome to          keep on living at the sanc-  website www.arubandon-
                                                            visit the sanctuary, which      tuary; you only need to      key.org or donate money
                                                            has opening hours from 9        pay AWG. 30,-- per month     on bank account num-
                                                            am until 4 pm and in the        for the donkey’s keep. With  ber 40.03.025 at the Aruba
                                                            weekend from 10 am un-          this amount you help sup-    Bank! Just do it! Would
                                                            til 3. Entry is free of charge  port the sanctuary as well   you like to follow the don-
                                                            and one can enjoy a soft        as your own donkey. And      keys on Facebook: surf to
                                                            drink, a cup of coffee or a     you will receive a beauti-   Donkey Sanctuary Aruba
                                                            refreshing ice cream.           ful certificate and a super  please.q

ORANJESTAD - We would         just four years old.
like to introduce Aramis to   This beautiful donkey has
you, one of the donkeys       been provided with a chip,
that has found a home at      just like all the other don-
the Aruba Donkey Sanctu-      keys. On the chip is infor-
ary. We have never seen       mation about the donkey
a donkey that was so eas-     and its medical history.
ily accepted by the herd      The donkeys at the sanc-
as Aramis. Normally it takes  tuary have a lot of friends
quite a while before the      with whom they can play
herd accepts a newcom-        all day long. And they love
er, but with Aramis and his   living there: they are well-
friend Ninja it went without  cared for, they are fed and
a hitch. We only separated    watered and when they
them for one night, but one   are sick the vet is called.
noticed that the herd was     Yes, they are expensive
not opposed to this gor-      customers for the sanctu-
geous, dark grey donkey.      ary.
So put into the herd, and     The volunteers are trying to
loving every moment at        cover the various costs with
the Aruba Donkey Sanctu-      all kinds of activities and
ary. Aramis can look for-     the sale of great donkey
ward to staying a long,       memorabilia in the shop.
long time with us, as he is   Fortunately, there are also
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