Mammoth Donkeys

We specialise in the rare breed American Mammoth Jackstock riding donkeys. These are the world's largest breed of donkey. The Mammoths are incredibly strong, but like their other donkey relatives are still exceptionally gentle and people friendly and are very calm animals to ride out on. We have 8 trail riding trained Mammoth Jennys that are available for booked rides these vary in personality to suit the riders abilities. We also have gentle, smaller, standard donkeys for the very little ones to have a ride on. Weight limits do apply per donkey.

Some of our mammoth donkeys are available for hire for special events such as, television productions, photographers, theatre, Church productions and fêtes etc.
They are incredibly well behaved in large crowds and in both the countryside or city.

Importing

Our foundation herd of mammoths all had to be imported from the USA. All the donkeys had to go through a month long quarantine at a US Government approved Isolation Centre which included thorough medicals, blood tests and examinations before they were allowed to fly to the EU. Not all animals pass quarantine. We ourselves have had several otherwise very fit and healthy animals fail at the last hurdle. It is very sad when this happens - and very expensive when you have already paid for the animal and flights etc in advance!

The donkeys were flown in on special flights. Again, It is a very expensive process with additional costs mounting up all the time along the way. We advise that you research these costs carefully before deciding to import from abroad - Quarantine, Vets fees, cargo handling, flights, import costs, Tax etc etc all add up. These cost are generally double or triple the purchase price of any animal! We never totally relax during the whole export/import process until our animals are finally safely here at the Farm with us.