{"id":807972,"date":"2026-10-19T22:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807972\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T22:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:12:11","slug":"in-britain-pajamas-help-donkeys-keep-insects-at-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807972\/","title":{"rendered":"In Britain, pajamas help donkeys keep insects at bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a donkey sanctuary in Devon, <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/england\/t-19249879\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a>, an unusual solution is helping protect elderly and rescued <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/animals\/t-18981102\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">animals<\/a>\u00a0from painful insect bites: donated pajama trousers. Stable flies often target donkeys&#8217;\u00a0lower legs, causing irritation and discomfort, veterinarians say.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by a similar idea seen in France, carers began dressing some donkeys in pajama bottoms to keep flies from landing and biting. The sanctuary now receives regular pajama donations, often accompanied by touching messages from families honoring loved ones who cared deeply about animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At a donkey sanctuary in Devon, England, an unusual solution is helping protect elderly and rescued animals\u00a0from painful&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-807972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}