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Donkeys, including a couple, Clyde and Opal, patrol the vineyards to fend off coyotes, while chickens and sheep rotate through the rows, and hawks and owls are nurtured to deter rodents.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 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

Led By Donkeys lowered a banner onto the stage at the Public Hall in Beccles, Suffolk on Tuesday, as Ms Truss addressed an audience.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

In a sting operation set up by Led By Donkeys, the ex-health secretary and ex-chancellor discussed rates to advise the sham firm, the Observer reported.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2023

One morning, as I was feeling most lonesome, I spied a long row of queer little Donkeys standing with their tails to a fence.

From The Sa'-Zada Tales by Fraser, William Alexander