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The first donkeys came to the Americas on ships of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus, and were landed at Hispaniola in 1495. [26] The first to reach North America may have been two animals taken to Mexico by Juan de Zumárraga, the first bishop of Mexico, who arrived there on 6 December 1528, while the first donkeys to reach what is now the United States may have crossed the Rio Grande with Juan de Oñate in April 1598. [27] From that time on they spread northward, finding use in missions and mines. Donkeys were documented as present in what today is Arizona in 1679. By the Gold Rush years of the 19th century, the burro was the beast of burden of choice of early prospectors in the western United States. With the end of the placer mining boom, many of them escaped or were abandoned, and a feral population established itself. A jenny is normally pregnant for about 12 months, though the gestation period varies from 11 to 14 months, [6] [47] and usually gives birth to a single foal. Births of twins are rare, though less so than in horses. [6] About 1.7 percent of donkey pregnancies result in twins; both foals survive in about 14 percent of those. [48] In general jennies have a conception rate that is lower than that of horses (i.e., less than the 60–65% rate for mares). [6] Twins and Donkeys". Rams Horn Studio. Archived from the original on January 26, 2015 . Retrieved May 4, 2015. DAD-IS— Domestic Animal Diversity Information System". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Archived from the original on March 2, 2000 . Retrieved June 1, 2011.

We also offer a full range of lecture services for schools, nurseries, residential and nursing homes, special needs education and events. These fish have a number of interesting traits and adaptations. Learn more about what makes them unique, below. Since then, the world population of donkeys is reported to be rapidly shrinking, falling from 43.7 million to 43.5 million between 1995 and 2000, and to only 41 million in 2006. [28] The fall in population is pronounced in developed countries; in Europe, the total number of donkeys fell from 3 million in 1944 to just over 1 million in 1994. [32]Blench, R. 2000. The History and Spread of Donkeys in Africa. Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (ATNESA) In developed countries, the welfare of donkeys both at home and abroad has become a concern, and a number of sanctuaries for retired and rescued donkeys have been set up. The largest is The Donkey Sanctuary near Sidmouth, England, which also supports donkey welfare projects in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and Mexico. [35] Orlando, L.; Ginolhac, A.; Zhang, G.; Froese, D.; Albrechtsen, A.; Stiller, M.; Schubert, M.; Cappellini, E.; Petersen, B.; etal. (4 July 2013). "Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse". Nature. 499 (7456): 74–8. Bibcode: 2013Natur.499...74O. doi: 10.1038/nature12323. PMID 23803765. S2CID 4318227.

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