What do you get when a post office manager, a sheriff’s deputy and his wife, and a wildlife expert all work together? An abandoned baby donkey — a burro named Churro — with a second chance at life.

Days before law enforcement’s Aug. 26 Facebook post, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Colorado River/Needles Station said a post office manager first came across a little foal and alerted authorities, but could not make contact with anyone from the Bureau of Land Management at the time.

However, thanks to the determination of Deputy Flores, Churro was not left abandoned for much longer.

Deputy Flores found the baby animal on Aug. 25, and he and his wife then carried the foal to a sheriff’s compound and began calling rescues, according to the station.

They connected with Kathy Jenkins, a s

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