A donkey ride firm - thought to be Britain's oldest - has hit back at calls to ban them from a seaside resort - saying the animals are happy and well looked after. Campaigners are trying to ban ...

The owner of a much-loved traditional seaside donkey ride attraction has revealed he ... and if they're too heavy, they're too heavy and that's it.", reports Lancs Live. He concluded: "The donkeys ...

"We're just saying if you come within the size and weight, you can ride. If not, you don't go on." Those children deemed too heavy to ride were "still free to stroke the donkeys", he added.

If not, you don't go on." Those children deemed too heavy to ride were "still free to stroke the donkeys", he added. Petition to keep postwoman - and other stories from our archives. Petition to ...

“Donkey rides are only for children under 14 and you have to be under eight stone to ride on one. "There is no heavy weight put on them.” The council said: “The donkey operators are fully ...

The owner of a seaside donkey ride business says he has been forced ... and if they’re too heavy, they’re too heavy – and that’s it. He added: "The donkeys are better for it, and they ...

Local animal activist group Liber Life Rhodes has been campaigning for the welfare of donkeys in Lindos for the last three years, ...

Seaside donkey rides operator John Nuttall has sparked debate ... with our guidance, and if they're too heavy, they're too heavy and that's it." John emphasised that the policy was implemented ...

But some tourists have defended the donkey rides, claiming that 'the donkeys ... of donkeys on Santorini being whipped as they carried heavy tourists up steps in the sweltering heat.

In a move that has incensed Telegraph readers, a new petition has been launched calling for an end to donkey rides on a popular beach in Weston-super-Mare, as animal welfare advocates argue that ...