allcreatures: A donkey stands in the yard at a farm near the Donkey Sanctuary on Monday near Sidmouth, England. Founded in 1973 and now one of the largest equine charities in the world, the Donkey Sanctuary is urgently appealing for new fosterers across the UK to give a home to rescued donkeys. Since 2008, the numbers of donkeys being rescued or relinquished to the Sanctuary has almost doubled and the current global economic problems have had a serious effect on the animal charity. (Getty photo by Matt Cardy / August 16, 2010) (via Photos in the news - chicagotribune.com)

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A donkey stands in the yard at a farm near the Donkey Sanctuary on Monday near Sidmouth, England. Founded in 1973 and now one of the largest equine charities in the world, the Donkey Sanctuary is urgently appealing for new fosterers across the UK to give a home to rescued donkeys. Since 2008, the numbers of donkeys being rescued or relinquished to the Sanctuary has almost doubled and the current global economic problems have had a serious effect on the animal charity.

(Getty photo by Matt Cardy / August 16, 2010) (via Photos in the news - chicagotribune.com)