Archive for the ‘donkey general interest’ Category

Solve the coyote problem – get a donkey. - 1st March, 2010
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Daytime coyote sightings have been on the rise in Memphis and the surrounding areas, and cattle owners all over northern Mississippi and western Tennessee have reported losing calves at an alarming rate.
In addition to his one baby buffalo, Fitch has lost 25 young cows during the past 12 months at a cost [...]


Horrifying cruelty still found in Spain - 26th February, 2010
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Written by Louise Clarke   

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Why is nobody ever punished?

These 2 miniature ponies were found forced into a tiny pen
TWO WEEKS ago, RTN reported on the terrible conditions that seven horses were enduring in a shack made up of bits of wood and corrugated iron; with only a two foot gap in the wood [...]


Burro deaths causing concern in USA - 17th February, 2010
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Posted: 02/14/2010 09:11:01 AM PST
Stacia Glenn, Staff Writer

  

RECHE CANYON – Burros are beloved in Reche Canyon, near San Bernadino, USA,  but residents worry about how frequently they are maimed or killed by cars speeding on the windy two-lane road that connects Colton and Moreno Valley.Half a century ago, a rancher freed a few burros into the [...]


Burros Can Do More Than Work as Pack Animals - 16th February, 2010
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Experts say small donkeys can make good protectors of sheep and goats. Just don’t let them get fat. Transcript of radio broadcast.
15 February 2010
 

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
 

 

 
 
A burro is a small donkey. Another way that people say it is BOOR-oh. The name comes from Spanish and, before that, from a Latin [...]