Therdon Duminy is animal crazy, understands horses' behaviour and is respectful of his fellow human beings. In short, he's ideally suited to his role as an assistant to EARS Sanctuary manager Penny James, especially now that he's receiving training from [...]
Penny James, manager at EARS donkey sanctuary, was born in Zimbabwe (then Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia) and it was from around the age of 10 that her love of equines emerged. "Donkeys with bells around their necks used to come onto [...]
Win R10 000 cash! Now there's a headline grabbing offer. On 7 July 2023, EARS launched a Pot of Gold competition offering a R10 000 prize to the winner of the competition. Entrants were invited to donate R1 000 to [...]
Sanctuary news grabbed the attention of Greyton's newest newspaper, The Greyton Post, this month which devoted a full page article to our work. We are enormously grateful to the editorial team of this 'good news' community newspaper which launched its [...]
EARS assistant Therdon Duminy has been granted a wonderful opportunity by generous animal welfare funders, ARC, and the Cart Horse Protection Association (CHPA) to train at their Cape Town headquarters. Therdon will spend six months with the CHPA learning how [...]
Imagine the fright we got when we saw this face! Sweet Sienna is in temporary residence at the Sanctuary as a companion to little Aimilli, an orphaned foal who needed a bit of TLC and medical care after losing her [...]
Every two months we produce a newsletter for our supporters to catch up on what we've been up to. If you'd like to receive one, please email toni@greytondonkeysanctuary.co.za and we'll send it to you in PDF format. It's just two [...]
Adoption may not seem like the obvious gift to give a family member but that's just the point. It's unique! Under our donkey adoption programme, you get your donkey but he or she stays with us at the Sanctuary so [...]
Lucky is not a word one associated with little grey pony Lucy until recently when she was finally surrendered to EARS. Lucy was well known to Greyton residents and visitors as she wandered the streets with a foal in tow, [...]
Foals are everywhere in Greyton at the moment and unfortunately several have presented with quite serious injuries and illnesses needing our attention. Foals in care: #1 Cassie The first was Cassie, a beautiful paint or pinto, who suffered a nasty [...]
