Archive for the ‘donkey welfare’ Category

Update: Stray donkey problem; viewer writes in with solution - 12th January, 2012
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CHEROKEE COUNTY — KETK aired a story last week about donkeys being abandoned amid rising hay costs. NBC News picked up the story, and was seen online by one man all the way in Mexico. He wrote in to KETK saying he thinks the solution lies across the border. “I know a lot of people down here [...]


Man, donkey cover 2,200 km on long walk home - 21st December, 2011
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A 34-year-old migrant worker, who works in East China’s Zhejiang province, is walking with his donkey more than 2,400 kilometers to get back home after buying it in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, Yangtze Evening Post reported Thursday. Zhuang works at a construction site and often has to carry heavy loads on his shoulders walking uphill. [...]


The sad plight of donkeys at Sabarimala - 12th December, 2011
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The popular idiom and common complaint among many is it is donkey work– hard and boring work.  from the Deccam Herald The animals, mainly donkeys and mules, literally perform the hard and boring work in mostly hilly terrains, be in the north or southern states. They are most preferred mode of transport in some of [...]


Lamu Donkey Race - 28th November, 2011
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By Patrick Beja The annual Lamu cultural festival ended on a high note on Sunday with residents and hoteliers showing optimism it could have put tourism in the region on the recovery path. In a show of solidarity with residents, visitors from Nairobi were reported to have taken up 80 per cent of the hotelbookings [...]