What do you get when a post office manager, a sheriff’s deputy and his wife, and a wildlife expert all work together? An abandoned baby donkey — a burro named Churro — with a second chance at life.
Days before law enforcement’s Aug. 26 Facebook post, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Colorado River/Needles Station said a post office manager first came across a little foal and alerted authorities, but could not make contact with anyone from the Bureau of Land Management at the time.
However, thanks to the determination of Deputy Flores, Churro was not left abandoned for much longer.
Deputy Flores found the baby animal on Aug. 25, and he and his wife then carried the foal to a sheriff’s compound and began calling rescues, according to the station.
They connected with Kathy Jenkins, a sanctuary operator for the Oatman Burros Sanctuary Big Red Barn, who quickly came to help.
“I got the call from him yesterday about Churro, and Deputy Flores voiced his concerns that he had not been able to reach BLM. Within about an hour and a half of our first contact, we discussed the situation with BLM and we were at the substation and had Churro getting her first bottle,” Jenkins said in a Facebook comment under the station’s post. “The amazing care that Churro received absolutely saved her life. You guys definitely have one of the good ones in Deputy Flores! “
Jenkins said Churro likely would not have survived more than a few days without intervention.
The sheriff’s station publicly thanked the postal manager, the deputy and his wife, the sanctuary and BLM for their roles in the rescue. The sanctuary says Churro is an orphan with adoption pending through BLM.
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