Lost Donkey Seen Living With Elk Herd 5 Years Later: 'Living His Best Life'
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Diesel the donkey, who disappeared in 2019, appears to be thriving with some new companions in the California wild.
A donkey who went missing five years ago in California has been caught on camera roaming with a herd of wild elk.
“I bumped into a herd of elk that have adopted a donkey,” triathlete and hunter Max Fennell wrote on Instagram alongside a video of the blended herd. “I can’t get over seeing it and I’m amazed that the donkey looks happy and healthy!”
The footage, recorded on a hunting trip and posted in March, shows a donkey standing among about a dozen elk. Members of the herd look at the camera simultaneously before trotting away.
The storybook scene took place a few miles from the spot in Northern California’s Cache Creek Wilderness where a male donkey named Diesel disappeared in 2019, CBS Sacramento reported.
One of Diesel’s owners, Terrie Drewry, told the news outlet in an interview published Thursday that the donkey in the video is definitely him.