A donkey is receiving care after being stranded on the banks of an island for weeks. The NSRI rescued the donkey from the Vaal Dam on Sunday, December 27 where the animal was stranded on an island near Deneysville.
The donkey had wondered away from home and was missing for four weeks.
In a statement, the NSRI explained that their rescue craft, Harvey’s Fibreglass, was sent to investigate the matter.
The animal had been stranded on the island for four weeks, after venturing out when water levels were lower. As the dam levels rose the donkey could not make it back and was stranded.
‘We brought our NSRI Crock and a specialised stretcher to the scene and the Vet darted the donkey to calm the donkey before we loaded the donkey onto the stretcher and then with care we loaded the donkey onto our NSRI Crock,’ said the NSRI.
‘With NSRI rescue crew on the NSRI Crock to care for the donkey we towed the Crock, using out NSRI rescue craft, to mainland where the donkey was reunited with its family,’ the NSRI continued.
The donkey has since been reunited with its owners and is being nursed back to health.
Picture: NSRI
