burro
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The bullet removed from that burro was fired from Arnet’s rifle, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
A week later, while driving a replacement Lexus provided by her insurance company, she collided with another burro along the same stretch of road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
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
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
The burro chewed the dry tufts of grass as close to the gray shale as it could and strained against the reins to reach another sparse clump of grass.
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 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 lands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Scores of wild burros are trampling the ecology of Big Bear Valley and putting motorists at risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
Men trot by on burros with tin milk containers strapped to their saddles, starting their morning deliveries.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
