Donkeys need more protection from winter than horses
Donkeys are not as able to keep warm as horses in the UK's cold, damp winters, according to a new study.
Donkeys are not as able to keep warm as horses in the UK's cold, damp winters, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2017
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Attention Halo Nation, "Halo: Combat Evolved" is in the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
Software
May 4, 2017
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The World Video Game Hall of Fame's 2017 finalists span decades and electronic platforms, from the 1981 arcade classic "Donkey Kong" that launched Mario's plumbing career to the 2006 living room hit "Wii Sports," that made ...
Software
Mar 28, 2017
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Under a cloudless sky in South Africa's northwestern farming region, donkeys still amble along muddy paths, pausing to nibble on grass, oblivious to the threat from a demand for Chinese medicine.
Ecology
Mar 21, 2017
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Online sales website Gumtree said Monday that it had banned advertisements offering donkeys in South Africa to prevent inhumane killings of the animals to meet Chinese demand for their skins.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2017
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Reports that donkeys were bludgeoned with hammers and skinned alive on a South African farm highlight the illegal slaughter of increasing numbers of the animals, whose hides are used in traditional medicine in China, according ...
Ecology
Jan 27, 2017
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In the small Burkina Faso village of Balole, where farmers struggle to grow tomatoes, cabbages and aubergines, angry youngsters armed with batons and machetes are barring entry to the slaughterhouse.
Ecology
Jul 31, 2016
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If you have fond memories of battling King Koopa or tossing barrels as Donkey Kong, you can relive them this fall.
Business
Jul 14, 2016
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Vets in Pakistan working for global equine welfare charity the Brooke have collaborated with the University of Bristol on a newly published paper to discover whether a donkey is in pain by just being observed.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2015
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With over 42 million horses and 95 per cent of the world's donkeys found in developing countries, new research could change the health and welfare of millions of working animals in some of the poorest parts of the world.
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2014
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