‘I’ve never seen flooding like it’: rescue of herd trapped by rising water is a cautionary tale for owners

Six donkeys released into The Donkey Sanctuary's Care in Wells. Mother and daughter, Mimi and Martha, sheltering from the rain

The rescue of a group of donkeys found in a “desperate situation” surrounded by rising floodwater is a cautionary tale for others, their rescuers believe.

The plight of April, Mimi, Martha, Mabel, Aida, Pippin and Lily-Mae came to the attention of the Donkey Sanctuary at the end of January, when Storm Chandra caused a river near their home to burst its banks, and water was pouring into their field.