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Donkeys used as Turkey kills smugglers - 2nd January, 2012
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Bodies are mounted on to donkeys after Turkey’s air force attacked smugglers who had been misidentified as Kurdish separatist fighters on the border with Iraq. Photo: AP THE donkeys had been sent across Turkey’s south-eastern border with Iraq to ferry vats of smuggled diesel and cigarettes. But when they came back this time it was with [...]


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 [...]


Zoo’s donkey needs new home - 24th November, 2011
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HOW MUCH IS THAT DONKEY IN THE WINDOW?: Hazel Powell, 4, sizes up the Wagga zoo’s resident miniature donkey which will go ‘under the hammer’ to make way for a new animal. BY NICOLE BARLOW 23 Nov, 2011 01:00 AM ARE you searching for your next family pet?   Then look no further than the Botanic Gardens zoo. Expressions of interest are being [...]


The Largest Livestock Fair in Asia - 17th November, 2011
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Sonepur Mela 2011: The Largest Livestock Fair in Asia Wonderful & atmospheric pictures of the fair:  click on the link below. http://www.globalpost.com/photo-galleries/planet-pic/5681506/sonepur-mela-2011-the-largest-livestock-fair-asia Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 November heralds the begining of India’s livestock fairs, some of the largest in the world. At the Sonepur Mela, in the Indian state of Bihar, farm animals like dogs, birds, [...]