Richie

About Richie

Richie is
Brave
Confident

Birthday

15 January 2007

Best friend(s)

Róisín

Colour

Skewbald

Richie’s story

Richie is a courageous donkey whose large stature makes him stand out from the crowd in Lime Tree Paddock.

Richie’s start in life was tough. He was only ten days old when his mother passed away from blood poisoning. Our welfare team journeyed through thick snow to bring Richie to our sanctuary where he received the urgent care needed for an orphaned foal.

With the constant companionship of his loyal friend Róisín, Richie has grown into a charming, handsome donkey.

Adopt Richie today and welcome this handsome donkey into your life. Adopting Richie would also make the perfect gift!

ADOPT A DONKEY TODAY

Become part of our donkeys’ lives forever for €25 a year. By adopting a donkey for yourself or a loved one, you will be guaranteeing their future with us where they will never want for warmth, care or food. Your adoption will be helping us to reach more donkeys across Ireland.

We aim to get your beautiful adoption pack or renewal pack to you at your chosen address within 10 working days. Please be aware delivery may take longer outside of ROI. Whilst waiting for your adoption pack to arrive, you can print your adoption certificate at home.

If you are adopting a donkey as a gift, please note the pack will arrive in The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland branded packaging.

Why adopt a donkey?

Your support will reach out to donkeys in Ireland and will help buy food and medicine, pay for vets and farriers. And, most importantly of all, it will help rescue helpless donkeys from hopeless situations. Adopt a donkey for yourself today or share the joy by giving the gift of a donkey adoption to a loved one. By adopting a donkey you are doing something amazing.

What’s included?

Find your perfect match today and you or your loved one will receive a beautiful adoption pack.

Adoption pack for The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland

Adoption pack includes:

A personalised certificate
A pencil sketch print
The story of your chosen donkey
A six-month update about your donkey

Adoption frequently asked questions

We always try to get your beautiful adoption pack or renewal pack to you or your gift recipient within 10 working days to the chosen address within ROI. However please be aware that delivery may take longer outside of ROI. In the meantime, you can download your printable adoption certificate from your confirmation email.
Yes. You will have the option to buy as a gift when you adopt. You can choose to have your adoption pack sent directly to the gift recipient if you wish. Alternatively it will be sent directly to you (if for a special occasion the date can be chosen and a personal message can be added in).
Yes, we welcome all our adoption families to come along to see their adopted donkeys.
Our adoption donkeys are always treated as part of their wider herd, so please understand that you are coming to see our whole herd of donkeys, of which your adoption donkey is a part.
As such, we do not bring adoption donkeys over to adopters individually, as we respect their freedom of choice to move around the fields. All animals benefit from having choice in their day-to-day routine and giving donkeys freedom to roam lets them choose a way of engaging with their environment that suits their needs best, whatever their character. If your adoption donkey is not in view, more often than not they will appear as they move within their environment if you wait patiently. We have done all we can to make sure visitors have access to as many viewpoints as possible, but we thank you for your understanding that, with animals who have freedom of choice, not every donkey will be in view all of the time.
Due to the nature of our adoption scheme, it’s important to allow multiple people to adopt each donkey. The scheme is a vital way of raising funds to support the donkeys in our care, as well as our work and projects worldwide. Restricting adoptions to one adopter per donkey would vastly affect the amount of money we could raise through the scheme, and would also weaken the experience of those who have chosen to adopt.
Yes, we would love you to. Many of our adoption donkeys are good friends with each other and so you are welcome to adopt as many as you like.