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In Surrey, Leatherhead Lions Club said its annual bank holiday donkey derby would no longer include the donkeys or a dog show "for the welfare and comfort of the animals".

From BBC • May 25, 2026

According to one retired operator, the heyday of the donkeys was the 1960s and '70s, before cheap foreign holidays to Mediterranean coasts slashed the numbers of summer holidaymakers to UK resorts.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

By the end of that season, she had six donkeys, meaning each pair would work one in three days.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The old mining town of Oatman, known for its feral donkeys, is on the way.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

We’d be riding donkeys from the train station to our house on the beach when, halfway up a hill, the ocean would suddenly come into view.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz