burro
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Your second best bet is to stay put and get yourself a burro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024
The time is ripe, they say, to severely reduce the burro population with a roundup that is certain to be controversial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
“We lack the funding needed to deal with the exploding burro population,” Donnell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
Meléndez’s illustrations of a seven-pointed star and a burro piñata are among a select group of 31 stamp issues this year.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
A year before he had ridden the blind mule, and Harley rode the burro.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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And more than 70,000 wild horses and burros now compete with livestock for forage.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
The youngest were two burros estimated to be two to four months old, according to DonkeyLand volunteers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
Donkeys or wild burros are descended from domesticated donkeys left behind by gold miners more than a century ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
The county has also teamed up with the nonprofit to gather and transport burros to the DonkeyLand sanctuary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
They knew how it would feel to let the horses run through the cool air; they had been traveling slowly in the dust and sun beside the burros for over a week.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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