PENDING ADOPTIONS 
MACKEY 

Mackey was rescued by us from an online auction conducted by the NM Livestock Board in late 2015. We were the only rescue bidding on him at the time, and he was at risk of ending up with a so-called kill buyer, who would have shipped him to a slaughter house in Mexico. He spent several years as a companion to another donkey named Sherman in Edgewood while undergoing some basic domestication. His playing habits, however, proved to be a bit too rough for Sherman as well as for other smaller donkeys, and so he eventually was fostered out to a home with a lonely horse gelding named Beau. This arrangement has worked out well, though Mackey, who always had a big belly, has gained some more weight due to getting somewhat less exercise. Mackey will be adopted by his foster people around early July 2019.
BETTY
WILBUR
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Wilbur (the spotted one) and his companion Betty came to us in June 2017 from a farm in Estancia that had closed its business. Though the two were bonded, we did not have an available foster or adoptive home that could have taken both of them. Besides, Wilbur - an intact jack at the time - was a bit too sexually active with the much older Betty, who still suffers from long-term hoof neglect and requires corrective trimming for the rest of her life. So we decided to match Wilbur with a younger jennet located near Las Vegas, NM, after having him castrated and reduce his hormone level considerably. Wilbur is currently recuperating from his surgery in the company of 5 nice and playful geldings. He will be leaving for his new home sometime in July.