Biodiversity boost with a mule kick!

Donkeys could possibly do nature’s donkey work after all!
The gentle and playful animals will soon be part of a conservation scheme to reintroduce one of the UK’s rarest farmland wildflowers.
The international animal welfare charity, Donkey Sanctuary, has planted more than 20,000 small-flowered catchfly seeds on farmland at its Devon headquarters.
Rescued donkeys will walk over sown seeds to boost the germination chances of the wildflower.
According to research, the plant has vanishe