Glenwood residents search for Hope, a missing donkey
Searchers in Glenwood, Iowa, are using thermal drones, ATVs and horses to find Hope, a young female donkey loose since around Halloween.
By Bianca Rossi · Entertainment Editor
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The missing donkey Glenwood Iowa search is still under way, with rescuers and residents looking for a young female animal called Hope, according to reports published Nov. 12 and 13.
UPI reported that Hope had been loose around the rural Iowa community for weeks after escaping around Halloween. Searchers estimate she is between 1½ and 2 years old and gave her the name Hope.
Hooves and Paws Rescue of the Heartland has circulated flyers asking residents to report sightings, UPI said. The group and other searchers have used thermal drones, ATVs and horses as they try to locate her.
Where was the missing donkey last seen in Glenwood?
There are two reported sighting areas in the available accounts. UPI said Hope was last seen near Paddock Avenue and Moon Avenue.
A separate KCCI Facebook post said the donkey had been seen at 3:30 that day in a cornfield off Locust Street and Moon Avenue. The post excerpt does not give the date of that sighting, so the reports do not establish which location was the most recent.
UPI reported that the donkey escaped from a property where a woman had been caring for her after she was reportedly mistreated previously. That account was reported by UPI and was not independently detailed in the available material.
KETV reported on the Glenwood search on Nov. 12, and its NewsWatch 7 channel posted a 2-minute, 13-second video about the search the following day. The video description calls the missing donkey the talk of rural Glenwood.
No outcome to the search was included in the Nov. 12-13 reports. The available coverage does not say that Hope has been found.
This story draws on original reporting from UPI.