I don't think many people realize that the milk from Bonairian donkeys is used as a anti-aging wash in exclusive spas throughout Europe. It's for this reason that they are being rounded up and placed in a zoo like setting on the island. This was all exposed several years ago but quickly covered up because the donkey milk (DK) generates so much income for the owners. I bought my first donkey several years and it's been a wonderful investment. Not as good as an oil well, but more reliable. And you don't need to worry about spilled milk as it won't cause the kind of environmental damage created by an oil spill. I've been told several of the donkeys have been flown to Holland on private jets in an effort to start a herd. I've never been able to get mine off the island. Hard to get a donkey past customs.

Donkey milk....YUCK!!!!!!!!

They don't drink the milk. They lightly sponge in on their skin. They say it adds elasticity to the skin making it look years younger. If all of this wasn't so "hush-hush" they would probably have a DK spa on Bonaire.

I'm not sure why the milk from the donkeys on Bonaire has this unique ability. It may have to do with something they eat--food from tourists, maybe. Probably not. Some say it goes back to the slave days. One of the slaves cast a white magic spell on a female donkey causing her to give "magic milk" that the slave's master used on her skin. Story says the master was kind and promised freedom to any slave who could make her look younger. If she had used "black" magic I've heard the milk would have been, you guessed it, black.

Very cool.

Milk is milk, don't understand the "yuck".

Soy, almond, goat, sheep, all used for drinking and cheese, whats the difference?

I'd gladly take a donkey milk sponge bath!

Meant to say cow, goat, sheep, milk.

Veg milk IS different! That's where I say "yuck".

Well Brenda, since you put it that way, I'll concede you "may" be right. Some of the local goat cheese I've had on Bonaire was delish. In fact the next time we're on island we plan to visit where they make the local goat cheese. But, I suspect we'll part company on taking a bath in donkey milk. However do let us know if it works.

What does donkey milk smell like when you put it on?...and I know nobody normally drinks it, but can you?

Google: http://www.ane-charlevoix.com/properties
http://www.eurolactis.com/en/introduction/to-who-donkeys-milk-can-be-of-use.html

Cleo Adored A Donkey Milk Bath

Donkey milk has a centuries-long reputation as a potent beauty substance and was supposedly beloved by history’s most famous beauty, Cleopatra. {Cleo apparently loved milk in any form and spent lots of her time bathing in it. We have to wonder when she had time for queenly duties since she supposedly spent so much time bathing?}

Donkey milk hasn’t, as yet, hit the US market, but is almost certain to be a big hit when it does. Supposedly, it contains 60 times more vitamin C than cow’s milk plus high concentrations of vitamins A, D and E. It’s also a rich source of calcium and phosphorous and is more like human milk than any other milk.

It also contains high amounts of ceramides and phospholipides. These two substances are fats that are found in the cell membrane and if they are present, the cell looks ‘plump’ – meaning less wrinkled. This is the only time we ever want to look plump! :-)

One problem with donkey milk is that it will undoubtedly be expensive since donkeys produce far less milk than cows. In spite of the cost, companies pushing beauty products will most certainly jump on the donkey bandwagon, as a Swiss company has already done, by manufacturing donkey milk skin care products for distribution in Europe.

OUR VERDICT: most likely a helpful product but since it isn’t yet on the market results are uncertain.
http://www.blissplan.com/mind-spirit/beauty-treatments/

You learn something new everyday. Thanks for the info, William.

That last post was amazing since my original post was pure fantasy. But hey--nothing is stranger than the truth.

Hi, my name's Kristine and I'm currently producing an episode of the tv travel series Globetrekker about Bonaire. I've been following this post and although it was clearly started as a hoax I wonder whether anyone has heard of the use of Donkey milk on the island. If true it would make for a great little sequence...

Please send me an e-mail if you have any thoughts on this.

best Wishes,

kristine

Donkey Milk Bath

Do you want pasteurized?

No just up to my bellybutton.

A little bit early in the AM for that one, Cecil.

Hello , Donkey Milk products ares for sale in our Donkey Sanctuary , from Bodylotions , Bodyscrub , Facial creme , soap and even an Donkeymilk Liquer, indeed it is from the Cleopatra story that these products makes your skin beautiful and also it helps with skin problems like psoriasus.
So don't make this story a fool one , but come and buy these products and help us to help the donkeys
thank you
Marina and the donkeys

Thanks for the info on the donkey products, Marina and reminding us that the donkeys still need our support.
Nick

Hello
We don't sell donkeymilkproducts from the Bonerian donkeys.The products we imported from Belgium .
Don't tell verytails because there are allready enough of them on Bonaire. When you want to write something please get informed very well. Visit the donkeysanctuary then you get the right information. We sell the products from Belgium to help the donkey's of Bonaire.
Marion(I work since 3 years at the sanctuary)

Marion,
Thanks for your post. I was joking. My original post was satire. I know that donkey milk is not sold on Bonaire. Nor is it shipped to Europe for posh resorts. But maybe it's something to consider. Maybe it's a way to fund the donkey sanctuary, clean up the sewage, get rid of the cruise ships, limit growth, and get rid of the lion fish.

I'm surprised about Vince's comments you know eeeawww eeeeawww to know better. ;-}

Marion(s) we will visit the donks next week.