The Donkey Breed Society is the British society for everyone whose love and interest is in the donkey.
Founded in 1967, the Donkey Breed Society seeks to encourage a fuller and more active life for those donkeys who are much loved family pets or companions to other animals.
We believe that a donkey is not just an ornament for your paddock and that a busy donkey is invariably a happier donkey.
Our Aims:
- We provide advice on buying and keeping donkeys
- We aim to improve the quality and conformation of donkeys by advocating careful and selective breeding, to which end we maintain stud book and ancillary registers.
- We encourage and support showing and driving classes for donkeys at major agricultural shows and local specialist events, allowing the general public to see donkeys at their best.
- We encourage children to become interested in donkeys.
- We encourage non donkey owners to take an informed view of this special equine through our publications, and donkey owners to gain confidence through the experiences of others.
- To provide training days for donkey management, showing and driving, to encourage and help those in need of it.
Our Members:
Joining the Donkey Breed Society gives you the opportunity to meet like-minded people: those who have the best interests and welfare of the donkey at heart. Our members come from all age groups, children to pensioners; it is not necessary to actually own a donkey, just to have a love of them is excuse enough; we aim to be a friendly society providing a full range of publications, activities and events to interest everyone