The Pittsfield, Maine, owners of a runaway donkey have employed the services of a horse psychology expert to recapture the elusive equine.

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Karina Lewis and her partner, Kirk Stanley, were called to Mary Gaeta and Joe Varricchio's farm Sunday to help catch Jenny, a donkey that has avoided capture since fleeing the farm Jan. 18, the Portland (Maine) Press-Herald reported Tuesday.

"Some people call me a horse whisperer. Some people call me an equine psychologist," Lewis said. "I like to call myself a problem-solver of people and horses."

The donkey has been sighted numerous times and returns daily for food but has always remained just out of reach of her would-be captors.

Lewis said that although she was unable to coax the donkey into returning home Sunday, she sees the job as a long-term project.

"I'm going to come back several times," Lewis told the newspaper. "I'm not going to give up on this situation."