adoption

To be approved for adoption all applicants must complete an application form and meet these requirements:

applicant must provide a fenced pasture of at least 1 acre per equine

applicant must provide a clean corral and undertake the regular job of mucking stalls

applicant must provide a clean weather shelter, minimum for two donkeys is an 8' x 16' three-

sided loafing shed

applicant must provide donkey with good quality, non-moldy grass hay

applicant must have donkey's hooves trimmed at least three times per year

applicant must perform regular grooming

applicant shall not use the donkey for roping

applicant shall not use jennet for breeding

applicant must provide donkey with another donkey as a companion (limited exceptions)

applicant must provide fresh, clean, unfrozen water by way of a tank heater.

applicant must agree to allow Longhopes to monitor the placement

applicant must agree to allow Longhopes to retain title of the donkey for one year from the

adoption date and must agree that if if for any reason the adoption is deemed unsuccessful,

Longhopes has the right to rescind the adoption, refund the adoption fee and return the donkey

to the Shelter. After title has been transferred from Longhopes to the applicant, Longhopes will

continue the "right of first refusal." In other words, the donkey is not to be sold, given away,

or auctioned without affording Longhopes Donkey Shelter an opportunity to take the donkey back.