The British tabloid, The Sun, is featuring a new article about the donkey they purchased last summer following an outrageous publicity stunt at a Russian resort. 

Video of the stunt, in which a terrified donkey was shown during take off on a parasail from the beach, caused outrage around the world and The Sun stepped in to rescue the victim.  (View the video here and the Barnmice News coverage here, here, and here.)

At one point, Brigitte Bardot, former film star and current animal activist, wrote letters to the President of Russia and legal authorities demanding prosecution of the perpetrators of the stunt.  

Meanwhile, The Sun purchased the donkey, called Anapka, and moved her temporarily to the state riding facility at the Kremlin where she would receive the best of care and attention for rehabilitation.

RT Television posted coverage as Anapka settled into her new accomodations.  The donkey was in serious need of extensive dental care.  Photos from the time of the incident showed large swellings on either side of the animal's jaw where she was having obvious problems with teeth that had never been floated.

In August, a Russian news agency suggested that Anapka was not the actual parasailing victim and that The Sun had been hoodwinked.  

Whether The Sun was taken for its money and purchased the wrong donkey or not, Anapka needed some serious rehabilitation and she received it at the Kremlin.  In much better shape now, she has been moved to another riding facility, Strely Yarily, near Moscow.