A couple of weeks after Jimmy arrived we had a desperate call from the friend of an elderly owner. The owner had gone completely blind after several years of problems and was no longer to look after her beloved donkey that she used for work.

The friend and a few other people had been looking after the donkey for her and asked if we could take him. Of course we said we would and off we went to collect him. The one proviso was that we named the donkey Demos after the owner’s husband – no problem.

We turned up with the trailer and, after enormous Jimmy, we were surprised to find a tiny replica! Demos is the same colour as Jimmy similar in looks and a friendly little chap too. He too was a little overweight but in good condition – another loved and well cared for donkey that is very much missed by his owner.

There are two sizes of Cypriot donkey and as these two are so similar in looks we are just going to have to take a photo soon of the two of them together for you to see.