However, according to the Western Pack Burro Association, the runner can carry the donkey. Running with the burro while it’s packing is a tribute to the sport’s historical origins in the Wild ...

And in New Orleans, a classic joke came to life as a chicken crossed a road in the French Quarter. And, yes, it got to the other side.

Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Running is the primary mechanism she and her husband use to rehabilitate feral and scared donkeys that come to the sanctuary.

The Mager family have continued the tradition down through the generations with William’s descendants running ... our old photos, Don, based at Bleadon, was a highly successful donkey breeder ...