| New rules set to end donkeys’ charity work | - 27th April, 2009 |
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Friday, 24 April 2009 Fundraiser Harold Burt, right, with his donkeys, supporter Jim Candy and the letter Harold has received from the new Cornwall Council. Picture: Chris Bowden A man who has collected thousands of pounds for a children’s charity could now be banned from collecting in a Cornish town due to new licensing rules. [...]
| Donkey statue in doubt | - 27th April, 2009 |
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REX JORY (Adelaide Now) April 25, 2009 12:01am PLANS to display in Adelaide a bronze statue of World War I hero John Simpson Kirkpatrick – widely known as John Simpson – and his famous donkey have run into turmoil. The RSL has launched a campaign to raise $300,000 to have the statue crafted and cast. [...]
| Where are the donkeys in Northern Nigeria? | - 22nd April, 2009 |
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Lagos — Why is the population of the donkey, the most efficient beast of burden in several human societies, depleting in Northern Nigeria? Alhaji Hamza Sarkin Shanu: “They’ve been devoured by humans.” Malam Mansur Haruna: “Modern vehicles of haulage have usurped their functions.” Since the beginning of the domestication of animals by man in the [...]
| Donkey fights off dog attacking sheep | - 22nd April, 2009 |
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H&H news team 21 April, 2009 A brave donkey has come to the rescue of a sheep that was being attacked by a dog. The donkey, called Dotty, fought off the Staffordshire bull terrier, which was savaging the sheep in a field in Scarborough. She rushed to Stanley the sheep’s rescue from a [...]
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