burro
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She continued along the dirt road, lined by cactus and brush, passed occasionally by motorbikes and battered Volkswagen Beetles, the water carried on Pancho’s sides sloshing as the burro trudged home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
“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
They’d been canceled at the last minute, she told me: The beer burro was the live-animal entertainment replacement.
From Slate ● May 30, 2023
“But this is the first time I’ve ridden a burro up the line, Tayo, and”—he paused to rub his ass—“I think it will be the last time.”
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
That 1971 law declared wild horses and burros “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West” and made it illegal to harass, capture or kill them on public land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
And more than 70,000 wild horses and burros now compete with livestock for forage.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
“A lot of people that we know bought houses specifically in this area because the burros were here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
The number of wild burros roaming pine forests and sagebrush fields has grown in recent years, with experts worried that the miniature beasts of burden could overwhelm rare and endangered species of plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
Not to mention the burros, the most stubborn creature known to man.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
