A donkey believed to be the oldest in Britain has died at age 55 - 33 years after it was saved from the knacker’s yard. It’s former owner, Jim Ferfuson, bought Zebedee for $20 after going to market to buy a horsebox. Zebedee has been buried at Bower House, the Scottish country estate outside Dunbar, East Lothian, where it spent it’s last 14 yrs in retirement.

-Bray Talk & Donkey Dispatch

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