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In Ethiopia: Pivotal to survival, donkeys get no respect - 10th February, 2012
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Just because you’re an ass doesn’t mean you aren’t valuable Feb 8, 2012 4:34 PM - The lowly donkey is invaluable for transport, but gets little respect in Ethiopian society. (Laura Rance photo) By: Laura Rance ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | MANITOBA CO-OPERATOR Livestock If author Anna Sewell were alive today, chances are she’d be writing a [...]


Donkey work is a money waterfall - 7th February, 2012
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An old man holding a an old fashioned Chinese smoking pipe poses beside his donkey before the frozenHukou Waterfall, a well-known scenic spot in Linfen, North China’s Shanxi province, on Feb 6, 2012. The man and several others wearing local folk-costumes live by attracting tourists to ride on their donkeys and take photos. They are [...]


Exchanging tourist hordes for donkey traffic in Northern Cyprus - 30th January, 2012
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Laid-back Karpas: It was to be expected, perhaps, that other travellers on the sleepy coastal road would be stubborn. But nothing quite prepares you for a traffic jam Karpas-style. Here, in the natural wildlife park at the far end of the north-eastern tip of Northern Cyprus, the wild donkeys hold sway. They are the only [...]


Donkey milking takes off - 26th January, 2012
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STAND STILL! … Reverend Eduard Amadhila milking the first donkey at the Tov centre at Tsumeb. Photo: Contributed A CENTRE caring for orphans and vulnerable children at Tsumeb have started milking donkeys to provide nutrition to the needy. The Tov Multipurpose Centre at Tsumeb was started in 2001 in response to the growing number of [...]