Miniature donkeys a cute distraction for quarantine staff

Quarantine has become a new reality for foreign workers, athletes, and anyone else travelling from overseas, but for animals it has been in place for more than a century.

Animals must pass through the Mickleham Post Entry Quarantine Facility where they undergo isolation and testing for pests and diseases.

The facility hosts all manner of animals from the common to the rare, including a recent drove of seven miniature donkeys.

The miniature donkeys — six females, known as jennies, and a male jack — were imported from the United States by Malakai Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys at Miners Rest, near Ballarat.

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Article written by Angus Verley