HARTLAND, Vt. -- For Debbie Hamilton, it was love at first sight. She scratched Saadi du Bourg behind his long fuzzy ears and patted the coarse, foot-long dreadlocks hanging from his belly. She ...

But for just a moment, the small, shaggy donkey chugging head down toward my family like a chubby little locomotive, gave me pause. The donkey was looking only for a bit of acknowledgment ...

“They want to be patted,” Polly Cates said. Blackjack, a black, shaggy donkey, and Golden Locket, a palomino, both accepted gentle pats between their ears. “Watch - there’ll be some ...

An endangered breed of rare donkey is alive and well in a New Forest ... with their distinctive thick shaggy brown coat, are one of the largest breeds of the animal. They can stand between 13 ...

The male donkey was born Saturday at Davis Farmland ... Taller than conventional donkeys, Poitou donkeys have long shaggy hair. Davis Farmland is holding a contest to name the new addition.

Holidaymakers and rail passengers have been saying their goodbyes to a donkey with giant ears, shaggy coat and early morning wake-up “hee-haws”. Hamish, one of the world’s rarest donkeys ...