Interesting Facts

• 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.
• In Britain today there are approximately 800 donkeys working on beaches - over 200 are licensed to work on Blackpool Beach alone.
• £25,000 is the highest price paid for a donkey in the UK. The donkey was a racing donkey called Minstrel.