Article: Sorry, you're too fat for the donkey ; Fat children hoping to enjoy a donkey ride this summer will have to start watching the calories, or they may find themselves left behind while their slimmer friends saddle up.

Fat children hoping to enjoy a donkey ride this summer will have to start watching the calories, or they may find themselves left behind while their slimmer friends saddle up.

Under new animal cruelty rules, no one weighing more than eight stone will be allowed to ride the animals. With childhood obesity on the rise, this could mean a whole generation of overweight youngsters missing out on a traditional seaside pastime.

The code of practice, launched by the Devon Donkey Sanctuary in Blackpool yesterday could also cause problems for donkey ride operators, who will have the tricky task of gently breaking it to parents that their children are simply too fat.

Julie Wibrow runs Just Donkeys, ...

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