Jenifer Tucker's blog

Today's visit took the donkey weekers to Woods Farm where they had the first opportunity to take donkeys for walks as well as groom and cuddle them.

It's Wednesday morning and my first job of the day is to go to the Ryton Guest House in Sidmouth to welcome eight guests here for International Donkey Week.

You never know what the day can bring when working at The Donkey Sanctuary! Today was the day that ITV Westcountry were coming along to do a day's filming on the work of the Sanctuary following the article which appeared in The Guardian (23rd April) about Britons giving more to donkeys than abuse charities and their follow-up article about donkeys in clover (26 April).

Leading up to International Donkey Week, everyone is mucking in to help each other here at the Sanctuary to get ready for the arrival of our supporters who will be spending a week visiting our farms and cuddling the donkeys.

I'm always up for a challenge and today was no exception. Having a passion for donkeys, I would volunteer myself for just about anything to be able to be with the donkeys. This week I got the chance to become a volunteer groom!

Walking around the Sanctuary today, it was lovely to see families with their children enjoying time with the donkeys during their school holidays.

Walking around the Sanctuary today, it was lovely to see families with their children enjoying time with the donkeys during their school holidays.