N.S. news: Man mourns death of donkey [Video]

Guy Rochon says the past week has been the most difficult one of his life.

Rochon says it started on New Year’s Day when he heard fireworks going off near his home in Earltown, N.S.

“I immediately ran to the barn knowing that my animals were now in danger. And by the time I got to the barn, it was too late,” says Rochon.

Rochon says for he noticed his donkey Eeyore seemed off.

“I turned around and could see that he was on the ground. I walked up to him thinking, ‘This is really odd because donkeys do not like lying down in the snow.’ They don’t like snow at all. And he couldn’t move. I realized, ‘Oh, gosh, something’s happened,’” says Rochon.

Rochon says an on-call veterinarian looked at Eeyore and tried getting him to stand up, eventually using an electric probe to see if Eeyore would feel …