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Meet Squidoo's Official Spokesdonkey for Longhopes!
Longhopes works very hard to find the best possible home for all donkeys that come their way. Some elderly or special needs friends just require too much love, attention, and medical care to be adopted. For these guys, the rescue provides a permanent sanctuary for them to live out the rest of thier lives in a stable and caring environment. Bailey is one of these permanent residents.
Rockin' the Steampunk Vibe
Bailey's Story
Written by Kathy Dean, Director of Longhopes
"Oh that is Bailey. He is a 20 year old light gray gelding donkey that came to Longhopes from the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro facility in Canon City, Colorado. He had been rounded up from a free roaming herd near Blythe California in May 2000. From there he was moved to various BLM facilities until he came to Longhopes in July 2001 as part of a cooperative program we had with the BLM to help get their "jacks" gentled and ready for adoption. However, the BLM hadn't done a medical exam on Bailey so they didn't know he had a vision disease called Chronic Uveitis. Both eyes have blurry vision which is worsened by UV rays from the sun. So a few years ago we bought him that dark set of "sunglasses" to sheild his eyes. When we discovered his vision problem together with the fact that his best burro buddy was another BLM donkey who lost complete sight in one eye--we decided never to adopt either one of them out. They would still be together at Longhopes if his buddy had not broken his leg from progressive osteoarthritis. Sadly that donkey had to be euthanized. Bailey is aging fast due to some liver damage from malnutrition on the range. Since then Bailey has not had any buddy until young, white April came along. She attached herself to Bailey even though he was 16 years her senior. April is getting adopted this weekend so sadly Bailey will be alone again."
It's Hard to be This Good Looking
Love At First Sight!
How I met Bailey
Shortly after getting Longhopes signed up for donations here on Squidoo, the kiddos and I took a trip out to the shelter to say hello and get some pictures for the lenses here. Kathy Dean was so kind to us, taking my kids for donkey rides, helping us distribute carrots (paid for by Squidoo!), and even loading up the gang for a trip out to the pasture to make sure none of the long-ears were left out of the carrot-fest.As I watched my children being driven out I started snapping pix when I saw dear Bailey from the corner of my eye. He stood out since he was the only one wearing what I thought was a fly mask (turned out to be his snazzy sunglasses, though). He walked up slowly and snuggled his nose in to my side.
And stayed there. Not pushing me around (*cough* not like Snoopy, great overlord of donkey-land *cough*), not rubbing, just standing there saying "Hello, will you love me?".
My heart melted. Yup, this guy turned me in to a big puddle of goo.
Sanctuary
No donkey is an unwanted donkey.
"These dear donkeys have endured enough hardship to last a lifetime. For the rest of their natural lives, Longhopes will ensure they will never suffer again by guaranteeing them permanent sanctuary at our shelter." --Kathy Dean
Kathy Dean
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Help Out Bailey
A small donation of $5 via PayPal will go a long way to helping keep Bailey healthy and happy.
The mission of Longhopes Donkey Shelter, Inc. is to rescue, shelter, rehabilitate and find permanent homes for donkeys that would otherwise be destroyed for meat consumption overseas.
New Link List
- Longhopes Donkey Shelter
- Come learn about Bailey's home.
- Bailey's Page
- Bailey has his very own page in the Longhopes Sanctuary.
- Country Supply
- Country Supply Store will donate 5% of your purchase to the shelter if you enter "Longhopes" in the checkout box.
- Goodsearch
- Grab the free Goodsearch toolbar for your browser and sign up for a donation to be made to Longhopes with every search you make - powered by Yahoo!
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Longhopes Donkey Rescue
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Our mission is to rescue, shelter, rehabilitate and find permanent homes for donkeys that would otherwise be destroyed for meat consumption overseas. These animals are often shipped in horrific conditions to processors outside of the US - many die fr...
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- OhMe OhMe Nov 10, 2008 @ 7:30 am
- Congratulations on placing 3rd in the contest. Great lens.
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- OhMe OhMe Oct 7, 2008 @ 5:35 am
- Please give Bailey a hug from me. Super lens and good luck on the contest.
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- The_Homeopath The_Homeopath Oct 4, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
- Well, April has gone to a good home in Montana. I know it sounds mean, but permanent sanctuary is so expensive and they just couldn't afford to keep going without the adoption fees. It's funny, though. When I visited them last, it seemed like an odd pair - April was kind of pushy if you know what I mean! LOL
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- daria369 daria369 Oct 4, 2008 @ 3:16 pm
- Sorry about that but I forgot to tell you that I know someone who wants to grow up to have a place like that for retired and abused horses - I already emailed a link to this lens...
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- daria369 daria369 Oct 4, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
- I love this lens and taking April away from Bailey is just not fair! :(
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- JJNW JJNW Oct 4, 2008 @ 11:59 am
- So Sweet! I love "Spokesdonkey" - great concept! Thanks for helping animals! Good luck in the contest!
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Oct 4, 2008 @ 3:22 am
- Lovely lens!
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- ChristiannaGarrett-Martin ChristiannaGarrett-Martin Oct 3, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
- Brilliant! A very worthwhile Lens :)
Christianna
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- chefkeem chefkeem Oct 2, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
- From ass to ass - I think you're cute, Bailey!
by The_Homeopath
Mother of four awesome kiddos, Classical Homeopath and Holistic Health Consultant, divine prairie chick, birdwatching enthusiast, and Etsy addict. Usu... (more)
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