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The Donkey Crossing'
Where friends are made......
Professional directory of miniature donkey and equine related businesses.
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July 10th thru 12th - Great Celebration Mule & Donkey Show, Shelbyville, Tennessee - For more information visit their website: http://www.twhnc.com July 26th - Great American Miniature Donkey Sale, Lebanon, Ohio. Click here for a flyer. For more information visit their website: http://www.donkeys.netJuly 26th - Bedford County Fair Donkey Show - Shelbyville, Tennessee
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A little Donkey History
A supply ship to Christopher Columbus on his second voyage brought the first large donkeys to the New World in 1495. Four jacks (males) and two jennies (females) were among the inventory of livestock delivered. They would produce mules for the conquistadors' expeditions onto the American mainland.
The main influx of donkeys into the western United States probably came with the gold rushes of the nineteenth century. Many of the prospectors were Mexican and the burro was their preferred pack animal. Donkeys were also important in mining operations in the deserts. They carried water, wood and machinery to the mines, hauled cart loads of ore and rock out of the mine tunnels, and brought sacks of ore to the mills, where other donkeys turned the mills that ground the ore.
Miniature donkeys, originally from Africa, were taken to the Mediterranean Islands of Sardinia and Sicily to be beasts of burder. They pulled carts, carried loaded packs and did other farm work. Rumor had it that they were often underfed, over worked and abused. In 1929 a New York stockbroker, Robert Green, was visiting Europe and heard the rumors of abuse. He ordered six jennies and a jack, sight unseen, to be shipped to America. The donkeys arrived in New York in 1929. Unfortunately, a few months after their arrival, the donkeys were attacked by dogs and three of the jennies were killed. The jack and the remaining three jennets were the original foundation herd of miniature donkeys in the United States. One of the jennies gave birth on Columbus Day, 1929, and this foal was officially named Christopher Columbus and was the first 'miniature' donkey born in America. 
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"Caring for God's Creatures
(Contributed by Debbie Smith)
My Coco (mini Jennet) lost a baby a year and a half ago and I ask God for comfort. He then gave me a verse, I just opened my Bible to it!
Job 12:7 (NIV)
"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
I watched Coco and she grieved, tears literally came out of her eyes and then after a few days, she went on with life. Me watching them went on from there! I loved the way the donkeys have a cross and how they are subservient to the horses. When the kings (in the Bible days) came in on a donkey, they came in peace. But when they came in on a horse, they came for war. Jesus went out on a donkey and is coming again on a horse! I have learned so much from them.
Proverbs 12:10 (KJV)
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast
Good people are good to their animals; (MSG)
A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal (NIV)
God gave me the Proverbs verse when someone told me that I am too good to my animals!
(I also help with the humane society). I counsel women as well and love that too but find that animals listen better! LOL. Anyway, God gave me this to assure me that I was doing
the right thing. One of my mini horses (Silver Doll) and one of my mini donkeys (Jack) came from abused homes. They are TOTALLY rehabilitated now and you can do anything with them. You couldn't even go near Silver Doll when I got her and her halter was embedded into her skin.
This was probably WAYYYYYYYYYYYY too much info, but thought I would share. I so appreciate what you do with your animals and who you are in Christ. God bless you too!
Debbie
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Donkey Links |
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The Original All-Breed
Longears Publication
Bi-Monthly (6 times per year)
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"Spotlight"
Breeding Farms
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Home of the Exotic
Tyger-Spotted
Miniature Donkeys.
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