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Q: How many donkeys are there in Australia?
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Are donkeys an introduced species of Australia?

Yes. Donkeys are introduced, and not native to Australia.


Are donkeys introduced to Australia?

Yes. Donkeys were introduced to Australia in its colonial years. There are no native members of the equine family in Australia.


When were feral donkeys introduced to Australia?

1866


Are there donkeys in Australia?

There are donkey's native to Australia, yes but the term 'burro' typically refers to a type of wild donkey that lives specifically in the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico.(The question mentions "in Australia"), thus, the change in the question.Feral donkeys in Australia (and elsewhere) are donkey(scientific name Equus asinus) which escaped from captivity, and are living and breeding in the wild. Donkeys originated in africaand also parts of asia. They are a part of the equidae-1family. While donkeys display many horse-likecharacteristics, they are more closely related to african-wild-ass-1.Donkeys were brought to australiafrom 1866 for use as pack and haulage animals.Answers.comUp until that point, the Australians had been using the horseas their main mode of transportation. However, problems arose when the horses used in transportation began to become sickened by some of the native poisonous plant. When donkeys proved to be invulnerable to the plants that were making the horses sick, more donkeys were brought in. Escape was common because of the lack of fences, and there were reported herds of donkeys by the 1920s. In western Australia in 1949, there were enough donkeys for them to officially be declared a pest.Answers.comThere were almost 5 million feral donkeys in Australia in 2005.Answers.comRead more: feral-donkeys-in-australia


Why were donkeys introduced into Australia?

to give blow jobs to the farmers :)


How many living donkeys are in the world?

how many living donkeys are there in the world?


Where is a donkeys home?

deserts and savannahs in northern Africa from Morocco to Somalia


How many donkeys there are in Uruguay?

Uruguay's only donkeys are in the zoos.


What kinds of donkeys are there?

there are many kinds of donkeys it depends what country they come from


How many buckets can donkeys fill when they pee?

Donkeys can fill nine large buckets with their pee.


How many donkeys are there in the US?

A lot


How many donkeys are in the US?

A lot