Donkeys
lilly - Adopted
In 2024, Lilly was rescued from the Iowa auction as part of the “Soul 6”. Initially, she drew our attention after being roughly forced into the auction pen, appearing incredibly fearful and depressed. She was malnourished and had numerous sores on her body from lying down excessively. Slowly, Lilly emerges from her shell and learns to interact with people. Her favorite activity is receiving butt scratches, and she often backs up to volunteers in the paddock, seeking attention and affection.
In November of 2024, Lilly was adopted and will spend the rest of her life at her forever home!
Irvin
Irvin is the pillar of Solstice Sanctuary. He was our first official rescue and takes his title seriously. Irvin was saved from an auction in April of 2021. He spent three weeks in quarantine before he arrived at the Sanctuary. At intake Irvin was extremely underweight, suffering from a respiratory infection, covered in lice and he had sustained an eye injury. We believed him to be about 7 months old.
Irvin was extremely weak and needed our help to get out of the trailer. As he started to feel better, we started to see the real donkey underneath. He was full of SASS! To this day he still thinks its ok to bite people. Irvin is silly, talkative, lively, opinionated, and a star on the Dodo! He has two videos where his story is featured on the Dodo.
Irvin Dodo Video #1
Irvin Dodo Video #2
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NAla
Nala was rescued in November of 2021. She went from an auction to a kill pen, on the path to slaughter. She came to the Sanctuary alongside her pasture mate Neko. At intake she was extremely skittish, especially when it came to men. She also had overgrown hooves. After a month in quarantine Nala started to trust humans.
When she was moved to the Sanctuary, she started to brey. After years of not feeling comfortable to call and make her sound, she did and it was quite a surprising sound. As she became stronger and more confident, she would call every time her feed was coming, and she really started to trust people.
Nala now loves to greet people in hopes of a cookie. She is extremely sweet and loves scratches on her tail head.
Neko was rescued in November of 2021. Alongside his pasture mate Nala, he went from an auction to a kill pen on the path to slaughter. He came to the Sanctuary alongside Nala.
During his initial intake our team noticed how badly his hooves were curled due to a lack of care. With lots of support from our farriers and vets, we were able to return his hooves to a healthy condition.
Neko is a sweet boy who loves cuddles! He is especially vocal when it comes to feeding time, greeting you at the gate with his nose pushed through the panels.
Neko and Nala will spend the rest of his days as permanent Sanctuary Residents.
