On Tuesday 6th July 2010 a handsome grey colt was born in the early hours of the morning and we're giving our supporters this very unique opportunity to name the little foal. For a donation of £5, you can enter our competition to suggest a name.
The lucky winner will also receive a one-off framed photograph of Cinnamon and her little foal signed by our Founder, Dr Elisabeth Svendsen as well as be given the chance to visit Brookfield Farm (which isn't open to the public) and make the little foal his first name collar.
Please remember to leave your name, contact details (step 3) and foal's name (step 4) when you make your donation.
Cinnamon came into the Sanctuary in 2009 along with 17 other donkeys following a complaint initiated by our welfare officers in Yorkshire. Prior to their arrival, the RSPCA had cared for the 18 donkeys for about six months pending prosecution of the owner for neglect. Having successfully prosecuted the owner, the RSPCA were able to hand over the donkeys to the Sanctuary.
After our vets had a chance to examine Cinnamon on her arrival, they found that she was about 2 years old and was in foal. The Donkey Sanctuary does have a no breeding policy but if a donkey that has been relinquished into our care is already pregnant, then the foal is given sanctuary too.
This little foal is the 10,646th donkey now in our care and has sanctuary for life.
In fact, since Cinnamon's arrival in November 2009, we have taken in 172 donkeys up to the date of her foal's birth.
Annie Brown, General Farms Manager, came back from seeing him earlier and said "I could not believe what a wonderful colour he is - a mix of grey, cream and golden hairs, and so soft. He was really friendly and came straight up to me and nudged me for attention.
When I started to walk away he came right up behind me and followed me across the paddock. Cinnamon is very kind and patient, and has already developed a strong bond. She proudly showed him off and did not object to a bit of fuss herself!
How to enter
This unique competition will run from now until Tuesday 31st August 2010 when our Founder, Dr Elisabeth Svendsen, will draw the winning name out of a hat.
For a chance to give this handsome little foal a name, we do ask for a donation of £5 to be made through our JustGiving Fundraising Page.
Gift Aid
Make your donation count. If you are a UK tax payer, your £5 entry could be worth £6.41.
Rules
You can enter the competition as many times as you like.
Only one name per £5 donation.
The Donkey Sanctuary reserves the right to refuse any inappropriate names submitted.
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Thank you and good luck!
Raised so far: £1,336.30
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I think Indy might be a good name for him as he was born so close to Independence Day. 31/08/10 |
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I would like to name the beautiful foal Button because he is" as cute as a button" 31/08/10 |
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I would like the foal to be called William after my father. 31/08/10 |
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I would like him to be called Adam in remembrance of a good person who died recently. 31/08/10 |
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I would like the new foal to be named Alfie after my Dad. 30/08/10 |
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I would like to call the little donkey 'Wopples'. This is word used for ears by a farmer local to us. 30/08/10 |
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I would like to call the little donkey - Oberon 30/08/10 |
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My end of summer garden is full of Mint, that holds the meaning "Virtue". So my very last lucky try at a name is "Mint". May he grow with much virtue! 30/08/10 |
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My son Joe was born on 6th July so I think the name Joe Joe would suit the little foal. 30/08/10 |
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I think this lovely little chap should be named Charcoal, just like his colour 29/08/10 |
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i would like to name this cute little foal scooby after our lurcher from rehoming centre 28/08/10 |
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My suggestion is Jay after my lovely labrador. 28/08/10 |
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MUFFIN, in memory of the beach donkey I loved at St Andrews, Scotland all those years ago! A lovely way to send you a small amount of money too! 27/08/10 |
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my suggestion harvey named after our cocker spanial who liked to visit the donkey sanctuary with us both 26/08/10 |
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My suggestion is JIMBU - a Nepalese herb used in medicine and cooking. I think it suits him and goes with the spicy theme of his Mum's name. 26/08/10 |
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He looks like a HELIX to me 26/08/10 |
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I would like to call the foal WAFFLE 25/08/10 |
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I would like to name him Merlin because I'm just writing a dissertation for my Masters on King Arthur 25/08/10 |
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how lovely this little foal is I like the name SILVER 25/08/10 |
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i would like to name the foal, NUTMEG 25/08/10 |
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He is the most gorgeous little fella, wish i could take him home! I would like to name him Applesauce, as that goes perfectly with Cinnamon. xx 25/08/10 |
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Because he was born in July, I would like to name the Foal JULIAN. Once a stray cat came to live with me and it was in July so I named him JULIAN. 24/08/10 |
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I'd like to name the foal Grigio, which means grey in Italian! 24/08/10 |
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We would like to name the foal 'Hardy' after Jeff Hardy from WWE. My girlfriend has followed wrestling since she was 5, it would make her day! 21/08/10 |
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my last entry is for the name Kismet. Meaning destiny;fate. I also like the definition:What chance did I stand against kismet? He is too beautiful! 21/08/10 |
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| * Total raised online: | £1,336.30 |
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| Offline donations: | £0.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £1,336.30 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £279.04 |
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