‘You bring a treat or carrot, and she was your best buddy’: Metro man searching for two missing donkeys

OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – A metro man is on the lookout for his two missing donkeys. He said he’s had them for about a decade and while others have helped look, they haven’t been able to find them.

“What I’ve learned on this deal is how hard it is to find an animal,” Equine veterinarian Mike Johnston said.

Despite that difficulty, Johnston and some of his neighbors are keeping an eye out for Amy and Jenny. They’re two donkeys he said are part of his family.

“They like to be petted on and their ears rubbed, and they respond to their names,” Johnston said.

They stayed in a 10-acre pasture with a pond behind Johnston’s home, just north of Britton Road and Lindsay Avenue. When Johnston went to go see some family in Montana in early August, he came back, and they had gotten out.

“Mr. Johnson over on Lincoln, he had had them in his yard for a week and he said they were funny, that they’d come up to his gate and flip the latch and get in,” Johnston said.

His neighbors didn’t know they were Johnston’s originally. According to Johnston they were last seen around Aug. 12 or 13 in an area just across and down the street from the KFOR studios near the Diagnostics Laboratory of Oklahoma. Johnston thinks someone may have already picked them up though.

“Not maliciously, but they’re out running around and need a place to be safe,” Johnston said.

Both have orange gators around their feet as something to look out for. Amy was a rescue from the 2013 Moore tornado. She’s sweet as can be, according to Johnston. There is a picture of Johnston’s granddaughter at about six months old sitting on top of Amy.

“You bring a treat or carrot, and she was your best buddy,” he said.

Jenny was going to be put down by a woman who was moving out of state. However, Johnston said she didn’t need to be, so he kept her. Now he’s hoping someone can find them and bring his family home.

“It’s been warming to know that clients have been real good about putting the word out,” he said.

Johnston said he’s checked into some tips and even a livestock sale, but nothing has come up. If you see either Amy or Jenny, or have any idea where they might be, you can contact Johnston at Jmikejohnston47@gmail.com .

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