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| First Photos of the Poitou fab four | Vizzitnewforest.com has secured the first ever photos of all four of the very rare Poitou Donkey foals together following worldwide media attention on the birth of the first three at Woodford Farm in Lymington during early May.
Baby 'Tizer' was born on Thursday 17th May and immediately entered modern history books as the foals which are rarer than the giant pandas became the first ever Poitou donkey foursome born together in recent times. These are the first pictures of all four together.
Woodford Farm closes to public
Woodford Farm has closed to the public due to intense media interest and the subsequent desire by the public to see the rare foals. The foals have been featured on ABC News in America, on Canadian, German and UK TV and numerous radio and press reports throughout the UK and Europe. One family even arrived from Germany unannounced to see the foals. Annie Pollock who runs Woodford Farm says "we have to keep the interests of the foals and their mums at heart, and right now they just need to be left alone".
| Rarer than the Giant Panda
Poitou donkeys are little heard of, but they are adorable hairy 'mammoth' animals with winter dreadlock coats.
By 1978 world numbers of the Poitou donkeys were down to just 48 recorded animals, but with a managed breeding programme numbers have recovered to around 600 worlwide, with only 40 in the UK. Last year only two foals were born in Britain, both at Woodford Farm, where they are now enjoying life as hairy 'mammoth' yearlings.
Woodford Farm is already celebrating recovery success, and the potential for more births remains high. Woodford Farm is the only breeding centre located in the UK and one of only a handful worldwide.
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