Animal Aid's Plea to Leave Animals Out Of Christmas Festivities

Animal Aid have recently made a plea which was published in my local paper (and probably published also in countless other papers in the country), to leave animals out of festive parades, for the sake of their health and well-being.

The article can be read here.

I remember when I was little, a real live donkey was used in our church's nativity play. The donkey became very stubborn and refused to move after going half way up the church aisle.

The nativity play nearly fell in to chaos except that the donkey finally agreed to co-operate!

Having read the letter opposite though, I wonder if the donkey should have been used in the play at all?