To report a distressed or orphaned wild burro please call the correct jurisdiction listed below. Remember NEVER wait and think someone else might make the call for help, YOU may be the ONLY voice for a injured or lost animal in need!!! 

 

DonkeyLand 24 Hour Emergency Calls ONLY (951) 234-0393 

Please remember DonkeyLand is NOT responsible for the local wild burros. We are an all-volunteer organization here to help, by giving the sick, injured and orphaned animals a second chance. NOTE: If you can’t reach our all-volunteer organization immediately, we are probably on another 911 Emergency Rescue, do NOT wait, please place a call to your local Animal Control right away.

 

Riverside County Department of Animal Services (951) 358-7387 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instantly turn on your hazard lights or emergency flashers to warn oncoming vehicles and avoid further accidents. If possible, pull over to the side of the road and if you must leave your vehicle, stay off the road and out of the way of any oncoming vehicles. We recommend always carrying a flashlight in your car at all times.

 

Take responsibility by calling 911 for help, never hit an animal of any kind and flee the scene, this is animal cruelty. You want to help avoid further suffering to the animal from being hit by another car or creating another car accident.

 

Call your local Animal Control, wait for help to arrive, if a wild burro can be saved the authorities will contact DonkeyLand or in some cases transport the burro to the Rescue Center or the Hospital. You are more than welcome to call DonkeyLand too, but you MUST report a car accident to the authorities first.

 

Never approach the injured animal, keep your distance, if an animal reacts to your presence, you’re too close. Stay safe until help arrives, sometimes a good deed can go bad, causing an animal to run off before help arrives, possibly causing further injury and suffering. A frightened, wounded wild burro can bite, use its powerful legs and hooves to harm you.

 

If it is a mother that has been killed and there is a baby orphan nearby, please do NOT try to capture or get close to the baby because it will not survive if it is afraid and runs away on its own. Just keep a close eye on it until help arrives.

 

If the burro dies at the scene please make sure the authorities pull the body far off the road to allow a safe way for the herd or the surviving wild burro family to safely mourn. The body will be tagged by Animal Control and removed by the body removal service.

 

PLEASE DO NOT POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DANGERS OF POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ADD NO BENEFIT TO THE DISTRESSED OR ORPHANED ANIMAL. IT USUALLY DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD AND TAKES US LONGER TO RESCUE THE WILD BURRO DESPERATELY NEEDING HELP, DUE TO HUMAN INTERFERENCE.