The stockiness of Baudet du Poitou donkeys makes them a good breed to cross with horses to produce sturdy mules for farm work, Podico says. They were bred in the Poitou region of France in the ...

Vollavon’s death comes weeks after she gave birth to a foal on Aug. 8, which was the first birth of this rare breed of donkey at Franklin Park Zoo, the zoo said. “It is always heartbreaking to ...

The study of genetic diversity and phylogenetics in donkey breeds has rapidly evolved, providing profound insights into breed origins, evolutionary relationships and the domestication process.

His featured donkey, Blue Mountain Highlander, is 15.1 hands tall, equivalent to 62 inches high. Highlander is a breed of donkey called a Mammoth Jack, a now rare variety originally bred for ...

(WAND) - Congratulations! It's a donkey? Over at the U of I Veterinary Teaching Hospital, they're helping out some special guests. "A very special breed. It's a French breed called Baudet de ...

Success, at the Ittireddu municipal gallop, for the third edition of the Sardinian breed donkey show, organized by Anareai, Aars, Municipality of Ittireddu and Ittireddese Equestrian Association.