burro
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“At least 35 of them had cleared the once lush green meadow vegetation down to dirt. Piles of burro dung ringed the shore, spurring growth of a thick layer of algae,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
Michael Dolan, a local Realtor, recalled a 2006 incident in which a friend driving a brand new Lexus suffered a neck injury after colliding with a burro on State Route 38 after dark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
The image of the burro as a miner’s faithful beast of burden contrasts starkly with ecological reality, experts say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
For this reason, as well as lack of resources, proponents of a new burro roundup are pessimistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
The burro chewed the dry tufts of grass as close to the gray shale as it could and strained against the reins to reach another sparse clump of grass.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
And more than 70,000 wild horses and burros now compete with livestock for forage.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 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
Scores of wild burros are trampling the ecology of Big Bear Valley and putting motorists at risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
Donkeys or wild burros are descended from domesticated donkeys left behind by gold miners more than a century ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
The kids sounded like a herd of wild burros.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
