OLDEST DONKEY
"Lassie," said to be the oldest donkey in Great Britain, is dead: She had spent nearly all her long life —47 years —with her owner, Miss Mabel C. Bruce. Miss Bruce and her sister were on holiday near Paisley in 1888 when they;heard that a local farmer was trying tor find, a home, for a crippled donkey, born in a gipsy camp 'and left behind by them.*, "Lassie" was then only a few months old, and was brought to Bromley in a large box. An official of the Royal Veterinary College said that he had heard of donkeys being 40 years old, but that it was difficult to get proof of «uch, as in this case. "Twenty years is a good age for a donkey," he said.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 16
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129OLDEST DONKEY Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 16
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