Almost 5 years have passed since the first report of Diesel, the donkey who chose to live as a free wild animal. A new video from this year shows him together with his new “family”. He now lives with a wapiti specimen
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There is a donkey that, much more than its peers, has been talked about throughout California. After disappearing from his house, he was seen again 5 years later from that day. The last report is recent and the donkey is always in the company of his new wild friends.
His name is Diesel and his story begins with the capture of the federal agency Bureau of Land Management and adoption by a couple who run a ranch in California.
Here Diesel lived until the year 2019. During a family excursion, a noise frightened the donkey terribly. Diesel fled, losing track of him. The couple searched everywhere for him, hoping he would get by out there.
A first report arrived after 4 years and now, 5 years after his escape, Diesel was spotted again and, like the first time, he was not alone. A hunter recorded a video in Northern California, filming a herd of wapiti.
Among them there was a donkey. The video bounced around social media and naturally also reached its old owners.
The ranch managers didn’t have the slightest doubt. That donkey could only be their Diesel.
It was incredible, we finally saw him and we finally know he’s okay. He is living his best life, he is happy, he is healthy and it is a relief for us to know that,” the two commented.
The couple have made it known that they will not try to recover Diesel in the future as they intend to respect his nature, knowing that it is precisely outside that the donkey has grown up and wants to be.
Seeing him next to other animals, who seem to have welcomed him as one of their own, is reassuring. Of course, we just hope that some hunter doesn’t put an end to this affair by aiming at the group and pulling the trigger.
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