Baby Donkey

Interesting facts about donkeys...

• China has the largest donkey population in the world estimated at 11 million.
• Large donkeys in America are called mammoth asses and measure up to 16.2 hands, or as big as a police horse.
• Most of the wagon trains that opened up the American West were pulled by mules.
• The great wealth of the Egyptians was due to the precious metals carried from Africa by donkeys.
• The wool that was exported from South Australia in the 19th century was carried to the rail head by teams of donkeys, sometimes up to 24 in a single hitch.