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Herbert | Donkey

Beautiful Herbert with his faithful eyes came to us in December 2019. His owner always looked after him with lots of love and care. He wanted for nothing. But fate did not mean well: his owner became ill and was no longer able to provide her beloved donkey gelding with species-appropriate and comprehensive care. She…

Emil | Donkey

His life had already been threatened once before. Back then, animal lovers had decided to buy Emil and his fellow sufferers free and take them in. Now, in 2025, the authorities became aware of the farm and discovered that the animals had been seriously neglected. The animal owner had completely overextended himself and was no…

Rudi | Donkey

We receive many requests for help regarding animals in need every day. We try to help in every emergency, but we don't always succeed. Because our space capacities are not infinite. An Aiderbichler who had a donkey enclosure in her neighborhood found that the donkeys were not being kept well there. were not being kept…

Odysseus | Donkey

The beautiful black donkey Odysseus did not know what was happening to him in 2009. Suddenly he found himself in a dealer's stable and was to be taken to Italy to be slaughtered. An employee of Gut Aiderbichl found him there and bought him back. She begged Michael Aufhauser to bring Odysseus to Gut Aiderbichl.…

Leopoldine | Donkey

Poldi's fate was described like this: In a Romanian zoo, the donkey was confronted by a bear. This caused the large bite wound on her right hip. By a stroke of luck, the bear turned away and Poldi came to an animal-loving family in Austria as part of a rescue operation. At some point, the…

Luigi | Donkey

Luigi and other donkeys were standing on a site in Italy and were due to be slaughtered. An animal welfare organization stepped in and wanted to rescue the donkeys from this unfortunate situation and save them from death. Gut Aiderbichl agreed to take in donkeys too and the handsome Luigi is one of them. He…

Dali | Donkey

The fact that Dali and Sevi, as well as other animals, are still alive today is thanks to the active help of our sponsors. An Aiderbichler employee discovered animals in a dealer's stable. It was extremely dark, filthy and the animals were tied up with a string. When he looked into the stable, sad eyes…

Herold | Donkey

We received an email from the Salzburger Land region. Herold the donkey and Jonathan the pony were looking for a new home. A farmer's wife had the animals around her all her life. At some point she retired and the farm was handed over to the next generation. The cattle farm now became a riding…

Valentin | Donkey

Where Valentin lived, there was another, much more beautiful donkey stallion. Little Valentin also had a leg deformity that should not be passed on. So he lost his home. We agreed to take him in so that nothing would happen to him. Valentin belongs to the endangered breed of Austro-Hungarian Baroque donkeys, of which there…

Henry | Donkey

Henry the donkey was practically included in the purchase price of an old house. The new homeowner quickly realized that Henry was feeling lonely and went in search of a companion for Henry. He found the donkey Ute. She was about to be slaughtered. However, Henry and Ute could not stay with the owner for…

Pedro | Donkey

Pedro the donkey is a particularly handsome long-eared animal. He was bought free from bad husbandry by an animal-loving lady and initially taken on by Donkey Rescue Austria until Pedro was able to come to Gut Aiderbichl in Carinthia. Here he enjoys his life and runs mischievously around the farm together with Benjamin and our…

Donna-Anna | Donkey

In 2007, an animal lover called Gut Aiderbichl in desperation and asked them to take in the donkeys Tina and Moritz, who were in distress. Tina was pregnant. In 2008, little Donna-Anna was born at Gut Aiderbichl Henndorf. She is still very attached to her mother, and her father Moritz also visits the two donkeys…