"A former magazine executive who switched career paths to become the head of a donkey sanctuary in Mendocino County is returning to the world of media, this time in front of the camera, as the star of a new reality television program, Donkey King, which debuted nationwide earlier this month. Ron King, who co-founded the 75-acre Oscar's Place ranch in Hopland in 2021 with Phil Selway, now leads a team of more than 20 full-time employees who take in donkeys surrendered by owners."
"So far, the nonprofit has saved more than 400 donkeys, rehoming them to vetted adopters or letting the animals live out their lives on the ranch and another recently acquired property in Potter Valley. King came up with the idea for the 17-episode series, airing Saturday mornings on ABC, after the nonprofit was featured in a CBS TV segment in 2023."
Ron King left a magazine executive role and co-founded the 75-acre Oscar's Place ranch in Hopland in 2021 with Phil Selway. He leads more than 20 full-time employees who take in donkeys surrendered by owners or headed to auctions to be butchered for their hides. The nonprofit has saved more than 400 donkeys, rehoming them to vetted adopters or allowing them to live out their lives on the ranch and a recently acquired property in Potter Valley. King produced and stars in a 17-episode reality series, Donkey King, which debuted Jan. 3 and airs Saturday mornings on ABC. King first read about the decimated donkey population in a 2019 Guardian article and was let go from Time Inc. in 2017 during corporate restructuring.
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