Archive for July, 2010

Zedonk hybrid born at Ga. wildlife preserve - 28th July, 2010
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A four-day-old Zedonk, a rare cross between a zebra and a donkey, stands next to her mother at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Lumpkin County, Ga. Monday July 26, 2010. The director of the preserve says it is the first time in 40 years that a zedonk has been born there.                                                AP Photo/The Times,Tom Reed) [...]


Horses, donkeys, sheep help with autism - 23rd July, 2010
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http://record-eagle.com/features/x241876608/Horses-donkeys-sheep-help-with-autism CEDAR — Dr. Marvin Anderson picked up a spindly legged lamb and draped it over his shoulders.                                                 The doctor moved to Cedar around 2000; he lives on an organic farm with his wife Jill, sheep, goats, rabbits and miniature donkeys. More recently, Anderson launched a solo practice called Abba’s Place on the farm [...]


Terror in the skies: Flying donkey shocks Russian beach-goers - 21st July, 2010
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Sunbathers at a Sea of Azov resort in southern Russia were left shocked last Thursday after a donkey strapped to a parachute flew over the beach, braying in terror. According to the Daily Mail, the flying donkey was a failed PR stunt by the resort, meant to advertise parasailing for a private beach club. Instead [...]


Feeling French? - 14th July, 2010
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 Posted by Courtney Hollands July 13, 2010 11:15 AM Good news for Francophiles: There’s a flurry of events, fetes, and food specials marking France’s national holiday Bastille Day (July 14) around Boston, USA.  Mais oui! Put on your party hats and hoof it to Franklin Park Zoo to hobnob with the zoo’s deux Poitou donkeys, [...]