A randy donkey’s attempt to mount a woman’s horse in County Dublin while she was riding it has led to a £50,000 personal injuries claim.
The cheeky donkey’s owners were sued by company director Helen Dunne for negligence and breach of duty.
Ms Dunne claimed that on April 7, 2017, she was riding her horse on a roadway when she passed the donkey’s field.
Suddenly, the animal escaped and attempted to mount her horse.
Ms Dunne alleged she suffered from shock and personal injury after the donkey kicked her and tried to bite one of her legs as she attempted to control her horse to foil the attack.
The horse rider’s claim also included an allegation of liability against the donkey’s owner farmer John Moore.
It had been alleged that it was Mr Moore’s responsibility to know that the donkey was mischievous.
A woman from County Dublin says she was attacked by a randy donkey while she was horse riding
Although rare, donkey attacks can be vicious
On Wednesday Jude Fiona O’Sullivan heard in the Circuit Civil Court that the case had been settled with a personal injuries claim.
Although rare, donkey attacks can be extremely vicious.
In 2015, a Georgia, US woman had to have her arm and leg amputated after being savagely attack by a donkey.
Mother-of-two Georgia Giacomi was bitten by a donkey at her local farm while feeding it.
The animal managed to drag her under a barbed wire fence, and what followed was a minutes-long savage attack where she was bitten and stomped on repeatedly, shattering her left arm and hand and fracturing multiple ribs.
Her injuries, although bad, were supposed to heal within months.
But a litany of medical failures led Ms Giacomi to develop a flesh-eating infection that ravaged one side of her body.
Three weeks after the attack she had her left amputated above the elbow and her left leg amputated above the knee.
