<p>Donkey rescued from floods in Ireland appears to smile when towed to safety</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7258" src="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/r-1.png" alt="" width="750" height="440" srcset="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/r-1.png 750w, https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/r-1-300x176.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></p>
<p>Last Sunday, A donkey which was stranded in floodwater is recovering after a rowing club member rescued him in Ireland. The woman shared a post on her Animal Heaven Animal Rescue (AHAR) Facebook page asking for help, writes <a href="http://fsrn.info/animals/donkey-smiles-from-ear-to-ear-after-being-rescued/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fsrn.</a></p>
<div class="code-block code-block-15">
<p>The animal escaped from its stable in Killorglin, Co Kerry, on Saturday night after bad weather damaged the gate.</p>
<div class="code-block code-block-11"><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7259" src="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rr-3.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="640" srcset="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rr-3.jpg 480w, https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rr-3-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /></div>
<div>
<p>The donkey was found stranded in a field the next morning, surrounded by deep flood water, after a river overflowed its banks nearby.</p>
<div class="code-block code-block-15">
<p>Mike Fleming, a member of Killorglin Rowing Club, found out and with a team of rescuers from the animal shelter, managed to get a rope and buoyancy aid around the donkey before pulling him to land.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7260" src="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rrr.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="640" srcset="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rrr.jpg 480w, https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rrr-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /></p>
<p>A spokeswoman for Animal Heaven Animal Rescue said the donkey, which has been called Mike after his rescuer, is recovering at the animal shelter while his stable is repaired.</p>
<div class="code-block code-block-15"><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7261" src="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rt.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="640" srcset="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rt.jpg 480w, https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rt-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" />Suzanne Gibbons, founder of the shelter, said: He is now dried with towels, eating a hot mash, all cosy and warm and our vet has seen him and started him on antibiotics to prevent pneumonia.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7262" src="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/t-3.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="640" srcset="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/t-3.jpg 480w, https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/t-3-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" /></p>
<p>He has a small bit of fluid in one lung but our vet said he will recover.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7263" src="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tt-5.jpg" alt="" width="514" height="640" srcset="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tt-5.jpg 514w, https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tt-5-241x300.jpg 241w" sizes="(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px" /><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7264" src="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ttt-2.jpg" alt="" width="525" height="640" srcset="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ttt-2.jpg 525w, https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ttt-2-246x300.jpg 246w" sizes="(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px" /></p>
<p>THANK you so much for anyone who helps animals in need 💞</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7265" src="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tq-1.jpg" alt="" width="587" height="640" srcset="https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tq-1.jpg 587w, https://petsmagazine.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tq-1-275x300.jpg 275w" sizes="(max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px" /></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
