Coco is the grandfather of the Refuge donkeys. He is possibly over 40 years old! Coco was rescued and brought in from the nearby island of Folegandros.

Georgis is an aged male mule brought into the Refuge by his owner himself. Fortunately the owner had realized that Georgis had worked more that enough

Lemonia is a female donkey around 15 years old. This is not old for a donkey but in the case of Lemonia these 15 years of her life were full of endless hard work and poor living condition

Marika is a beautiful, red, female mule around 30 years old. She was brought in by her owner who decided to retire her as she could no longer work climbing up and down the endless stairs of the Bay of Fira.

Mulane is a large size female mule of a rather young age. Mulane was the first mule to be brought into the Refuge and she has been with us for almost 3 years.

Pearl is an old female donkey that was abandoned at the Refuge. With her, a male mulewith a broken leg named Jasper was abandoned as well.

Rudolf is a male, middle aged, small size mule with a beautiful long tail. When one morning we found Rudolf tied up outside the Refuge gate we were surprised as besides being a bit underweight he looked fine… in a few days we understood the reason why his owner abandoned him…