Story of baby donkey stolen from Hook farm turned into a book

Moon was sharing a field with mother Astra when she was stolen

A baby donkey stolen from a farm before being returned to her owners has become the star of a new book.

Moon was snatched from a field at Miller's Ark Animals in Hook, Hampshire, in May, when she was two months old.

The foal was found by police two weeks later at an address in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

A volunteer from the farm said it had been a hard time for Moon and her mother Astra when she went missing.

"That separation at that very young age would have been very hard," Pam Jessop explained, adding: "But they're back together, they're bonded and doing really well."

Moon is the star of a new book aptly named Moon of Miller's Ark

She said lots of people had contacted the farm to say "they can remember where they were" when they heard the news Moon had been found and "what a difference it had made to their day".

Ms Jessop said Moon was "a young lady now, she's growing up, maturing, loving her cuddles", adding that people were coming to Miller's Ark just to see her and take selfies with her.

Moon was found at an address in Buckinghamshire two weeks after going missing

Gaynor and Rhiann Clarke came up with the idea for the book, titled Moon of Miller's Ark, after hearing news of her ordeal, she said.

"They have crafted the most beautiful book that captures Moon's journey," Ms Jessop added.

She continued: "From Moon being born to Astra, her happy days at the farm in her two months there to suddenly strangers coming into the field and taking her.

"Then how the news spread, people then trying to find her and the result of her being found after 16 days and nights and her returning to Miller's Ark and her mum and the other animals just rejoicing."

Astra was left distressed by the theft of her foal, the farm said