burro

“These partnerships reflect our commitment to local, compassionate and community-focused solutions for managing the wild burro population in San Bernardino County,” said Luther Snoke, county chief executive, at a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

She continued along the dirt road, lined by cactus and brush, passed occasionally by motorbikes and battered Volkswagen Beetles, the water carried on Pancho’s sides sloshing as the burro trudged home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

The time is ripe, they say, to severely reduce the burro population with a roundup that is certain to be controversial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

Meléndez’s illustrations of a seven-pointed star and a burro piñata are among a select group of 31 stamp issues this year.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

I picked my burro because he looked young and strong and eager, but he was the worst loafer in the bunch.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

That 1971 law declared wild horses and burros “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West” and made it illegal to harass, capture or kill them on public land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

And more than 70,000 wild horses and burros now compete with livestock for forage.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

“They’ve been here for over 70 years and they roam between the canyons and they’re just so sweet,” Cheatham said of the burros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025

The number of wild burros roaming pine forests and sagebrush fields has grown in recent years, with experts worried that the miniature beasts of burden could overwhelm rare and endangered species of plants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025

The kids sounded like a herd of wild burros.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez