Donald and Alf are two donkeys from East Yorkshire who now live near York as part of the Donkey Sanctuary Guardianship scheme. In the strangest of links, it turns out donkeys love to kick, bite and throw rugby balls as much as we do. So to make the donkeys happy and give the old balls a second life, they were donated for Donald and Alf to enjoy.

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