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A four-year-old girl has sent a letter to Santa asking him if he can help reunite her with her donkey, which was stolen from a field.
Bella and her family fear former Blackpool beach donkey Winston, 20, was taken to be used as a prop in a Christmas nativity scene. Mum Amy Doran, 39, says they are all "absolutely devastated" by the theft.
Amy, of Llandeilo, Carmarthens, said: "What the person who's stolen him probably doesn't realise is that donkeys can die from separation, they can die from a broken heart. They don't realise the after-effects. I don't care if somebody dumps him in a field. All I care about is getting him back."
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Amy said her two daughers – Bella, four, and Grace, three – were "absolutely devastated" at the news Winston had been taken. Bella even wrote a letter to Father Christmas in a bid to get the beloved pet back.
"Dear Santa, this Christmas please bring my donkey home," she wrote. "Very trusting" and "elderly" Winston was taken on December 9.
The sad news comes after a donkey sanctuary in Devon claimed it had taken in some 72 animals in one day. A whopping 20 of the mares involved in the huge rescue operation were pregnant at the time they were saved from a farm in Wales where they were being kept in poor living conditions, the Devon-based Donkey Sanctuary revealed.
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The operation to remove the creatures was led by the RSPCA with Dyfed-Powys Police. Many of the animals required urgent vet care and had issues with their hooves and teeth after being liberated in February 2021.
Deputy CEO Faith Burden said: "Many of them were suffering. Their needs were not being met.
"They were being kept in filthy conditions. Their healthcare needs were not being met and many of them have severely overgrown feet.
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"That is not a good situation for any animal. These donkeys deserved better than that.
"And working in partnership with the RSPCA and other partners, we were delighted to be able to give them a safe and pleasant environment to come and live in."
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