After the big media kerfluffle over the parasailing donkey, British tabloid The Sun stepped in and purchased the donkey for 70,000 roubles (£1,500 or $2,346.75). She is now ensconced in the Kremlin Horse Riding School where she receives four-star treatment. You can see the story here.
Except…
According to The Guardian, Komsomolskaya Pravda says they got the wrong
donkey. The donkey getting the massages
and organic carrots is Anpaka. The donkey
who went on the sky ride is Manya, and she is still at home by the Black
Sea.
I had hoped for a happy ending to this story, but instead we will have to settle for a Loretta Lynn song containing a mule analogy.
This is both good and sad. :( Can't they press fraud charges on the guy who knowingly sold them the stand-in?
Posted by: brownamazon | 08/18/2010 at 09:46 AM
I hate that.
Can I tell you a story? Boyfriend and I went to the Ventura County Fair a couple of weeks ago, and we visited Annie, a Sicilian donkey.
She was in a barn, in a very large cage, and seemed content. She counted as 'small livestock' (she was little), I guess...
Anyway, I could reach her through the bars and was skritching the right side of her face, behind the ears, on the cheek. She liked this, and pressed her face against the bars. Then, quite calmly, she walked forward, turned around and came back, so the left side of her face was pressed against the bars.
And she waited for the skritching to continue. Which it did.
Posted by: Aubrey | 08/20/2010 at 04:59 PM
Awesome. Donkeys are love.
Posted by: Sixbucksamonkey | 08/20/2010 at 05:03 PM
Speaking of bitchslapping, you might want to check out this video of Canadian comedian Josh Rimer. It makes me laugh! http://youtu.be/yDCk3NN_HAs
Posted by: Recycle2011 | 12/31/2011 at 08:58 AM