In a heartwarming twist straight out of a storybook, a donkey who went missing five years ago inCaliforniawas spotted living among a herd of wild elk.
Originally awild donkey, Diesel was adopted through a Bureau of Land Management program, which allows the public to adopt wild animals captured during federal roundups.
Triathlete and hunter Max Fennell captured the video of a donkey roaming around with a herd of elk, garnering 143k likes online
Image credits:Max Fennell / Instagram
The pet donkey went missing in 2019 during a hiking trip along the Cache Creek Wilderness with Dave. After he went missing, a team searched for thelost animalfor weeks but sadly never found him.
“We think a mountain lion might have spooked him,” Terrie toldCBS Sacramento. “He just got away.”
The couple, who live on a ranch near Auburn and look after other animals, had searched extensively for Diesel for weeks on foot andhorseback. They also used a drone to find any signs of their four-legged family member.
The Drewrys searched for their pet donkey for weeks but eventually gave up when they couldn’t find signs of him
Diesel The Pet Donkey Is Lost In The Wildhttps://t.co/KSOwaMvovgpic.twitter.com/Cbnl336WZI
— CBS Sacramento (@CBSSacramento)April 24, 2019
“We finally kind of gave up,” Terrie told the outlet. “Just no signs of him.”
The missingdonkeymust be about eight years old now, according to his former pet parents.
“I bumped into a herd of elk that have adopted a donkey,” Max wrote on Instagram as he shared the video of the blended herd
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“I bumped into a herd of elk that have adopted a donkey,” Max wrote on Instagram as he shared the video of the blended herd.
“I can’t get over seeing it and I’m amazed that the donkey looks happy and healthy!” he added.
Terrie said she has no doubts that the donkey spotted in the middle of the elk herd is her former pet Diesel
We first told you about Diesel the donkey when he went missing in 2019 and volunteers searched for weeks but never found him. Now, a new video has surfaced with a clue as to where he’s been all this time.https://t.co/I9DijMGSEs
— CBS Sacramento (@CBSSacramento)June 14, 2024
“It was amazing. It was like, oh my gosh. Finally, we saw him. Finally, we know he’s good. He’s living his best life. He’s happy. He’s healthy, and it was just a relief,” she told the outlet.
The Drewrys were glad that their former pet was doing so well in the company of a different species.
“Two completely different creatures, but they learn to get along and be each other’s family,” she said, adding that he has “killedcoyotesprotecting the herd and possibly a mountain lion.”
Happy to see him roam wild and free, Terrie said, “He’s out there doing what he’s raised to do”
Terrie revealed that she and her husband have welcomed new donkeys to their home since Diesel went missing about five years back.
Now that Diesel is “truly a wild burro,” they no longer intend to bring him back home because catching him “would be next to impossible.”
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