Brooke's donkey ad ruled acceptable

By Rosie Walker, Third Sector Online, 14 April 2008

The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected complaints that a television advertisement by a donkey hospital was upsetting for children after it concluded that the ad did not contain graphic images.

The advert from the Brooke Hospital for Animals, a UK charity for the welfare of horses, donkeys and mules overseas, featured a donkey carrying a heavy load of bricks on its back, followed by an image of a donkey that had collapsed. The voiceover said: “Some donkeys don’t have a...

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