| 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.
Harold Burt and [...]
| 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.
RSL State president Jock [...]
| 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 time immemorial, 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 neighbouring paddock — pinning the dog [...]
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