excellent horse and donkey meeting first time 2023

Although the names donkey and burro are interchangeable, the term burro is widely used in the southwestern United States to describe small donkeys, burro being the word for donkey in the Spanish language. Feral donkeys, found in various parts of the world, are descendants of escaped or abandoned domestic animals. 

In the western United States, many authorities consider that the large population of feral burros is driving the desert bighorn sheep to extinction by competing for the limited resources of its very arid habitat. However, scientists credit these animals, along with feral horses, with digging small watering holes, which later become oases for desert plants and animals.

 excellent horse and donkey meeting first time 2023