Donkeys

Donkeys

Donkeys, who are sometimes referred to as asses, are work animals. They are working animals that look like smaller versions of horses. Donkeys are usually stout in appearance and fortitude and have a reputation for being stubborn.

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Chalford resident Anna Usborne guides the village donkey Teddy, up a steep slope as they deliver groceries on October 11, 2008 in Chalford, England. Parts of Chalford, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, are so steep, residents cannot drive their cars up the narrow paths to the doors of their homes and have employed a donkey to help carry heavy bags 100 metres up the steep slopes. Historically, because of the difficulty in accessing the houses, donkeys were used in the Cotswold village as late as the 1930s to make deliveries, carrying bread, coal and many other household items to people's doorsteps. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty ... Read Full Story
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- Frank, you ride the donkey thats black. - Its because of taxis, their lack. My car went wrong. Oh Dear! Read more of this poem at http://www.coffeeconnectionpoets.com/ Read Full Story
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Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Donkeys". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article! Read Full Story
Arb al-Ramdin village supplied with water from nearby settlement for 13 years. After Alfei Menashe council head's daughter hits village's donkey with jeep, father decides to cut off water for entire village 'to illustrate matter's gravity.' Water reinstated after meeting with village dignitaries  
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NEW DELHI, India -- At the impromptu stables near Jawarhalal Nehru Marg, on the outskirts of Old Delhi -- the Indian capital's 400-year-old core -- a group of men in salwar kameez and skullcaps are seated cross-legged in the straw playing cards. A line of stubby-legged ponies and donkeys stretches along the stone wall. The animals ruminate placidly as cars, trucks and auto-rickshaws, horns blaring, race past on the adjacent road...  
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A zoo in Gaza cannot afford to buy zebras and has instead painted stripes on two donkeys, AFP reports. Israel controls the movement of goods into and out of Gaza and only allows in humanitarian and basic supplies. The zoo could smuggle zebras into Gaza through tunnels connecting the strip with Egypt, but that would cost $30,000. The zoo director, Mahmud Barghut, told AFP: "We couldn't afford real zebras." Donkeys only cost $700. The...  
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Yet another example of the vileness of the culture which pervades the management of the public sector... Paramedics fighting to save a nine-year-old road accident victim were told rigid rest-break regulations meant the closest crew could not be called upon for back-up. Lifesavers at a crash scene in Upton were told they would have to wait for a crew nearly 20 minutes away because paramedics in Poole still had a few minutes left on their...  
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Karachi, Nov 10 (IANS) A five-member gang of thieves that stole as many as 150 donkeys has been busted here. The gang stole the donkeys in this financial capital of Pakistan and sold them in the interior areas of Sindh province. A police official told The News that that they had received numerous complaints from people who [...]  
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Teignbridge MP Richard Younger-Ross has had a varied week of discussing electoral reform, opening Christmas Markets, and promoting healthy living and climate change, as well as saying goodbye to actor Edward Woodward  
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Bucking and run-away donkeys were giving both teams a hard time, but Shikellamy seniors’ excitement peaked in the fourth quarter of a fundraiser donkey basketball game Sunday when Jake Teisher made their fourth basket and tied the score 8-8.  
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The donkey or ass, Equus asinus, is a member of the Equidae or horse family, and an odd-toed ungulate. The words donkey and ass are applied to the domesticated E. asinus. The animal considered to be its wild ancestor is the African Wild Ass, also E. asinus.

Colloquially, the term "ass" is often used today to refer to a larger, horse-sized animal, and "donkey" to a smaller, pony-sized one. In the western United States and much of Latin America, a small donkey is sometimes called a burro. A male donkey or ass is called a jack, a female a jenny, and offspring less than one year old, a foal (male: colt, female filly).

While different species of the Equidae family can interbreed, offspring are almost always sterile. Nonetheless, horse/donkey hybrids are popular for their durability and vigor. A mule is the offspring of a jack (male) donkey and a mare (female horse). The much rarer successful mating of a male horse and a female donkey produces a hinny.

Asses were first domesticated around 3000 BCE[1], approximately the same time as the horse, and have spread around the world. They continue to fill important roles in many places today and domesticated species are increasing in numbers (although the African wild ass and another relative, the Onager, are endangered species). As "beasts of burden" and companions, asses and donkeys have worked together with humans for centuries.

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