Your donations will help the donkeys in this stressful flood time. Twice in one year we are flooded and will suffer major losses of pasture. The need for hay and straw has trebled and the hay deliveries to stranded DWWH donkeys, and many privately owned donkeys in need, has kept volunteers very busy. Read below…

Volunteers are looking forward to getting back to normal at The Heartland once lockdown is lifted. The full complement of volunteers can return every Thursday to undertake the essential caring duties to maintain the herds. During lockdown the same high standard of care was provided for the animals. We are behind with general maintenance and…

The survival tactics continue at The Heartland to provide essential fodder for the 68 donkeys in residence there. Every day since the donkeys returned after the flood round bales are placed in various sheds and paddocks. The videos show you how we transport the round bales daily from the hay farmer to the donkeys, and…

Winter is half way through its term. The pasture is not growing and any ‘pick’ available to the donkeys has low nutrient value. We provide round bales daily for the main herd to keep them satisfied and nourished. They enjoy the body warmth promoted by roughage from the hay they eat. The many senior donkeys‘…

The day to bring the herd of 62 donkeys home to The Heartland, to cross the entire property along dry-under-hoof conditions had finally arrived. It was timely as the paddocks offered to the flood-displaced-herd by three kind neighbours throughout the previous ten weeks, were depleted of grass, trodden by 248 hooves and in need of…

THE GENTLE JENNY BECAME PART OF THE WELFARE WORK IN 1985 WHEN SHE WAS APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS OLD. During the daily, (traversing four neighbours’ properties, as the receding floodwater is still causing access difficulties), high-on-the-hill herd inspection on Tuesday, 18th May, it was noted that 46 year old Matilda was laying down more frequently and…

The donkeys all survived the horror of the flood that devastated their grazing paddocks 5 weeks ago. Their grass that sustains them was destroyed, their shelters were submerged to the roofs (12feet high), and everything below that height was ruined, including all but one solar powered energiser. The good news is that the deep water…

No donkeys are in danger now. Volunteers walked 60 donkeys to the safety of The High Country before the water rose. The they began at dawn transporting many frail, fragile, aged or very young to safety before the rivers swelled and broke the banks. Pic of icu gateway!! It gets worse once in the muster…

We wished the large van had a roof to prevent rain spoiling our supplies. Only one statue remains but their panniers are smashed. The SES received our anxious call but were unable to help at all. Rain soaked the interiors through broken glass, including the overnight van that sheltered many people and dogs evacuated from…