Pakistan became a primary trading partner of China for animal hides after the African Union banned the same in February last ...

Once the poor man's beast of burden, the Irish donkey has come storming back to be one of the most valuable animals on Northern Ireland farms. Robert and Amanda Wallace have a donkey farm near ...

However, the beasts of burden would not have been of maximum ... "This protects the animals from wounds, because when a donkey is injured, it cannot work effectively," explains Mwendwa.

In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanity’s first beast of burden. Pantin, a donkey living at a farm outside Toulouse, France, known as the ...

Now the humble donkey, a treasured possession in peasant communities in many parts of Africa, has been added to the hit list. The value of a donkey may not be obvious to many of us. But think of ...

The second donkey nudges closer and makes as if to ... It is very easy to see the emotional bond between the woman and her beasts of burden that for many years have become her lifeline in the ...