by Aaron Sharp. Published Tue 24 Aug 2010 10:49 Brothers Mike and Tom Baxter abandoned their attempt to trek across Britain with a donkey… when the beast refused to go on! The pair aimed to travel 153 miles from Liverpool to Hull with a donkey and no money in a bid to establish whether Britons [...]
By Kamran Haider KOZA SIRAI Pakistan (Reuters) – Millions of dollars may have been donated for Pakistan’s flood victims, but on the ground authorities are having to use donkeys to slowly transport supplies to cut off mountain villages. Logistical nightmares, shortages of helicopters to access remote areas and more rains that triggered landslides have forced [...]
Published in WIGAN TODAY.NET on Thu Aug 12 09:40:40 BST 2010 A WOMAN whose dog attacked a donkey while out for a walk was told if she does not keep her pet under control it will be destroyed. Emma Rimavicius pleaded guilty at Wigan Magistrates’ Court, to being the owner of a dog who [...]
Posted on August 10, 2010 Genetic analysis proves that the African wild ass, which may be down to the last few hundred individuals, is the ancestor of modern donkeys. The same study by an international group of researchers suggests that a subspecies, the Nubian wild ass, thought to have vanished, might have survived after all. [...]