Donkey, 40, struck and killed by car on Cape
By Kate Augusto, Globe Correspondent
A 40-year-old donkey named Genevieve was struck and killed early this morning by a car on Route 6A after it escaped from a farm in East Sandwich.
Dick Loring kept Genevieve as a pet at Wingscorton Farm, which is on Route 6A a few hundred feet from where Genevieve was struck. Sandwich police called Loring at 1 a.m. and broke the news.
“It was so sad," Loring said in a telephone interview. “She was just a little love.”
Sandwich police said they were too busy this morning to discuss the crash. Loring said the driver of the car was not injured.
Genevieve and a horse she shared her pen with were both able to open the locks on their gate, but rarely left the enclosure, Loring said. The horse stayed in the pen this morning when Genevieve apparently went for a walk.
The Wingscorton Farm was founded in the 1750s by the Wing family, and Loring said he bought it in 1980 and operates it as a bed and breakfast. Genevieve moved to the farm 20 years ago. Loring said he sells eggs and also keeps ducks, chickens, sheep, and goats.
