At least 42 wild burro carcasses with gunshot wounds were found in various states of decomposition along Interstate 15 between Baker, Calif., and Primm, Nev., in the summer of 2019.

The Burro Train, established in 1948, was located on at the northwest corner of the intersection of South Palm Canyon Drive and Mesquite Avenue. A long line of burros were tied to a hitching post.

The NPS said in a press release about the most recent burro shootings that, "Burros are known to damage sensitive desert springs through trampling, overgrazing of vegetation, and fouling of water.

Like Bennett, Johnson had pulmonary problems, an intractable pneumonia, and came to the desert for relief. He rode the Burro Train with his wife Eva, up into Tahquitz Canyon and miraculously began ...

The group also hosts an annual pack burro race, in which humans pair up with donkeys and run between 10 and 26.2 miles through the desert. “We take them anywhere we are invited to go,” Usko said.

In the desert outside of Phoenix, there have been 18 shootings in the last five years, a series of mysteries that has stumped federal investigators. Let's be clear, we're talking about donkeys ...

Burro spotting: You'll probably see wild burros on this part of the Black Canyon Trail.Here's where to go Where to see wild burros near metro Phoenix. The four-legged “spirits of the West” can ...

A young burro, Blanco, gets separated from his mother in the desert. He faces dangers and loneliness before finally reuniting with her. From Coronet Instructional Media.

Burro races honor Old West history and hinge on a delicate partnership between runner and beast of ... (10-kilometer) and 3-mile (5-kilometer) courses on unpaved roads and single-track desert trails.

Meanwhile back at the ranch (or should we say pueblo?), we resume the saga of Cabot Yerxa. Cabot married, bought a citrus ranch and lost it to a California citrus freeze by 1913 when he was just ...