Cripple Creek likes to celebrate the animals who helped create the tiny mining town with Donkey Derby Days. The free festival is back, after being canceled last summer due to
Cripple Creek in need of volunteers to watch over free-roaming donkeys
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and last updated 2021-06-30 20:08:16-04
CRIPPLE CREEK â A call to action is taking place in the Cripple Creek community. The small town is home to more than a dozen feral donkeys that freely roam the area. A group of volunteers takes care of the herd in their free time, but they re in need of more helping hands for the summer season.
For about five months out of the year, the herd of donkeys can be seen roaming around Cripple Creek. The other months out of the year, they re taken to a pasture, where they have food and shelter for the colder seasons.