Overview

• Visitors reported seeing donkeys foaming at the mouth, stumbling and slipping from exhaustion, with some confined in their own urine for hours.
• Local resident Lynda Martin says Mijas authorities have ignored repeated complaints and still require donkeys to pull carts seven days a week before being kept overnight in overcrowded, unsanitary pens.
• Nutritionist Clare Meaning alerted the Born Free charity after witnessing animals left without water and forced to work in extreme conditions during her stay.
• Numerous TripAdvisor reviewers have condemned the “emaciated” Burro Taxi and urged visitors to explore the town on foot instead of supporting the donkey rides.
• While officials defend the practice as a traditional livelihood, no new regulations or bans have been introduced to address the animal welfare concerns.