UPDATE – The owner has been located.

VIRGIL, NY (CortacaToday) – Authorities are looking for the owner of a donkey in Virgil.

Cortland County sheriff’s deputies responded to Route 13 near Sweetland Road in Virgil around 4 a.m. Wednesday morning for a report of an animal in the roadway. The donkey was safely secured and is described as gray with white socks, a white underbelly, and a prominent gray mohawk mane. Anyone who knows who he belongs to is asked to contact the Cortland County Sheriff’s Office at (607)-753-3311.