Children loved the donkey rides on the beach. The idea of donkey riding was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in 1886, and a few years later many other seaside resorts followed suit.

Children loved this mini-adventure on the back of these patient animals, but do the donkeys like it too? Animal rights activists vehemently doubt this and are campaigning for the abolition of donkey riding.

There are now ‘donkey rescue centres’ for these animals, where large and small donkeys, mules and hinnies are taken in.

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