Agia Marina Donkey Rescue

Agia Marina Donkey Rescue GREEK REGISTERED DONKEY SANCTUARY
NON PROFIT ORGANISATION
ΑΜ. 2501.. Αρ.ΑΠ. 807/2012 Since 2004..
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our volunteer family of Cretan/ New Zealand blood run a donkey sanctuary on the remote & rugged South Coast of the Island of Crete.. dedicated to helping working, abandoned, sick and unwanted donkeys. No donkey will ever be turned away, each will be cared for and loved for the remainder of their life.. we also offer care our and support to
donkey owners in surrouding villages and their hard worki

ng often very neglected donkeys through our Outreach Team visits by Animal Action Greece with
farriers and dentist. also CARAT UK ..Caring for the Animals Trust for all their help towards feed and transport of donkeys.

WE WISH ALL OUR FRIENDS A HAPPY MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 🫏 ❤️
01/09/2026

WE WISH ALL OUR FRIENDS A HAPPY MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 🫏 ❤️

31/08/2026
DEAR DONKEY FRIENDS..Ariadni would like to remind you...Today Saturday 29th the Sanctuary will close to visitors until T...
29/08/2026

DEAR DONKEY FRIENDS..
Ariadni would like to remind you...
Today Saturday 29th the Sanctuary will close to visitors until Tuesday 8th September..open 10.00
The donkeys are having a very needed holiday 😍

DEAR DONKEY FRIENDS...MARIOS HAS A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT...THE SANCTUARY WILL BE CLOSED FROM TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER...
23/08/2026

DEAR DONKEY FRIENDS...
MARIOS HAS A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT...
THE SANCTUARY WILL BE CLOSED FROM TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER UNTIL TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH..
WE WILL THEN BE OPEN AND WELCOME YOU AGAIN 🫏

A perfect day for a swim...😍
21/08/2026

A perfect day for a swim...😍

The safest place to be..on Mama's back.. and not get stepped on by a 🫏 and cool .
19/08/2026

The safest place to be..on Mama's back.. and not get stepped on by a 🫏 and cool .

We sincerely thank our visitors to the Sanctuary who bring carrots and apples for our donkeys 🫏 Please keep in mind that...
17/08/2026

We sincerely thank our visitors to the Sanctuary who bring carrots and apples for our donkeys 🫏
Please keep in mind that feeding by visitors is not allowed...
Our donkeys are all rescued, many have had a hard woking life and never tasted a carrot or apple.
When they smell them they go crazy...they love them so much.
Feeding by visitors can cause them to fight amongst themselves, and feeding of a whole carrots may cause them to choke . Also some of our older donkeys have no back teeth to chew a carrot.
We know which ones but visitors do not.
What do we do ?...we cut up buckets of apples and carrots into chunks and feed them to the donkeys with their muesli breakfast..each donkey has its own breakfast bowl.
They eat them very civilised and absolutely love them ❤️

Dear donkey friends...an announcement from our lovely boy Marios..The sanctuary will not be open on Saturday August 15th...
10/08/2026

Dear donkey friends...
an announcement from our lovely boy Marios..
The sanctuary will not be open on Saturday August 15th...it is a big National Holiday.
We will open again as normal on Tuesday August 18th.

What great ears you have Dorothèa....In September 2024 we rescued our beautiful Dorothèa from Imbros Gorge.She had been ...
06/08/2026

What great ears you have Dorothèa....
In September 2024 we rescued our beautiful Dorothèa from Imbros Gorge.
She had been left abandoned... without feed , shade or water by a foreign
movie team who used her to make a movie.
Dorothèa ( name in Greek ..Gift from God )
Is so happy here at our sanctuary.
Lot's of love and cuddles, as well as everything else a donkey deserves ❤️

Thank you to all our friends and supporters of our Sanctuary for your messages asking if we are safe...So far the fires ...
29/07/2026

Thank you to all our friends and supporters of our Sanctuary for your messages asking if we are safe...
So far the fires are about 20 kms away, but sadly very hot temps and strong winds we are still at high risk.
We are fully prepared to do everything we possibly can to keep our donkeys and animals safe.
Photos of fire and smoke on the South Coast from Agia Galini.
We hope and pray all will be well 🙏

Address

Agia Marina, Mesara, South Heraklion
Moíres
70400

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10:00 - 13:30
Wednesday 10:00 - 13:30
Thursday 10:00 - 13:30
Friday 10:00 - 13:30
Saturday 10:00 - 13:30

Telephone

+306949168763

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