Emma the child on Sooty the beach donkey. Sooty who works in Skegness won Britains Best Beach Donkey competition in 2009. Image courtesy the UK Donkey Sanctuary
One often wonders what can a donkey be used for really, beyond the odd trip up and down a beach carrying excited kids, followed by enthused parents, accompanied by [...]

Unemployed donkey. A donkey can carry almost a third of its weight without complaining.
I’ve been following a conversation thread on the FAO Caribbean listserve. It’s about donkeys of course and I may have contributed in small measure to the start of the topic. This post gives an answer to a question asked by a [...]