Last Stronghold of the Wild Burros

Wild burros, Arizona

[@a7neu]

Very interesting how their water holes are visited by other wildlife! Thanks for posting this

[@equine2020]

Interesting how in another post some man says they pee in water holes so other animals can't drink.

[@carlosayala6754]

Donkeys are my favorite animal. I love them so much

[@joesanchez2782]

Burros are endearing critters, adorable.

[@guilhermeoliveira790]

Beautiful Donkeys and Cactus!

[@wildernessmustangs7985]

Wonderful video! Thank-you!

[@OregonHerbalist]

leave it to the Government to Fuck things Up!!!

[@julesrs007]

such awesome creatures... thank you for the information

[@user-ii3ob5gq7u]

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[@LynnBaber]

Gorgeous animals. They look far better than 99% of domestic burros.

[@teenapearce1699]

that because humans left them alone. if look a the wild horses also you see that they also dont need us. they look sleek and their hoofs look great. While tame horses can be skinny, hoof in bad shape etc

[@robertbreschard3493]

Great to hunky and spunky

[@cheshirekat3050]

Well, to be fair, they aren't "wild"; there're feral.
They were brought to the Southwest by humans, just a couple of centuries ago.

[@thecloudfoundation7870]

Hi! Thanks so much for watching and for your comment!
The film doesn't make a claim that wild burros (donkeys) are native to North America.
However! Calling wild burros “feral” (the "F" word as we say around here - lol) is not correct!
The definition of feral is "an animal that has escaped from captivity or domestication and has reverted to a natural state." That doesn’t apply to wild burros presently living on or near public lands - their very distant ancestors, sure. Too, the term “feral” refers to individual animals, not an entire species. The term, “wild,” on the other hand means "in a state of nature independently of humans, untamed." Of course, these little burros aren't being cared for with regular water, hay, and hoof care. :)

[@AB1Vampire]

Beautiful species!

[@mcafeea2djb473]

HERKESE HAYIRLI GÜNLER

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

they're still here thriving in the desert 7 years later

[@temoharri8848]

what was the outcome from the Arizona legislators?

[@richardconner15]

I WAS CAMPING NEAR LAKE PLEASANT AZ, AIRPORT MESA ACTUALLY, & HEARD WILD BURROS IN THE NEXT CANYON. AT NIGHT I ANSWERED THE CALL TO NATURE.LATER IN THE NIGHT THEY CAME & CRAPPED ALL AROUND MY CAMPSITE. MY URINE BROUGHT OUT THEIR TERRITORIAL NATURE.

[@junkettarp8942]

Beautiful Donkeys.

[@victormelendez2124]

Lis Skelsey there asses

[@junkettarp8942]

Thank you I will try and save them.

[@maasaiwarrior3004]

Wild Donkeys.

[@m.s.1715]

Burros are small donkeys with long hair

[@slobama]

Donkeys and burros are the same. Burro is Spanish for donkey. The animal that lives in the desert is more often referred to as a burro.

[@robertnardi4104]

Big island has wild burros

[@heathermcmurray5590]

"Brighty of the Grand Canyon"

[@emilycarrick3570]

Whom is long dead, as are any of his descendants. The last of them were removed from the Grand Canyon in the late 90's.

[@dariusbrock2351]

I remember watching a movie about Brighty years ago when I was just a teenager.

[@craigdowner3096]

This is a great documentary concerning the wonderful native burros of North America. So much deception with those who want to eliminate them.

[@michaelmichel6505]

Craig Downer boroughs are not native to the Americas

[@patrickmcleod111]

Michael Michel
So what, they are filling a niche that was vacated by other large mammals that were extirpated from that land in the late 1800s.

[@johndour5207]

@@patrickmcleod111 is a moron.
The native eqines were hunted to extinction by tribes of Asians 16,000 years ago

[@patrickmcleod111]

@@johndour5207
Nice. Always start a conversation by personally insulting the other person, who you've never spoken with before! With that simple and obvious social concept in mind, you're off to a great start! Anyway, I hadn't mentioned anything about any ancient species, so It's a mystery to me why you'd be offended enough by my tame, pro-equine comments to start name calling. If anything, the point you made bolsters my argument for allowing these animals to remain!
If there was an earlier equine population, then that adds weight to the argument that we SHOULD allow a relatively small, but viably reproductive population of mules to live on the land right now.
The original equine inhabitants undoubtedly had very similar routines and dietary needs compared with these new occupants. So these new equines should fit into this niche well, and they may help bring back a natural balance that would've been thrown out of whack 16,000 years ago when the original equines were "removed" from the environment.

[@ricardocampos6517]

@@michaelmichel6505 neither are horses

[@dhmidahm8231]

Are they native to North America ... or introduced by humans ?

[@johnhooper7040]

Like horses in North America they are feral. Their ancestors escaped from animals brought by Spanish settlers and they were able to survive in this harsh environment. Like the wild ponies we have in the UK surely they could be allowed to remain in numbers that don't damage the natural plants and animals. I have seen them near the ghost town of Bodie CA and they are rather cute.

[@Oshin-en8nb]

They are natives of middle east and central Asia

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

​@@johnhooper7040 The donkeys are a wonderful sight! I think most people are fine with allowing them to roam about.

[@michaelmarquez6133]

Awe!

[@garythecaveman8125]

Fun fact: "burrito" literally translates to "small donkey".

[@equine2020]

Donkey, burro are the same. The names are only different in some states/countries.

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

donkeys are delicious, especially with some red salsa😂

[@equine2020]

@@SecretAgentBartFargo
Not funny.

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

@@equine2020 I meant it as I like eating burritos, since burrito means little donkey. I'm not actually eating donkey meat.

[@equine2020]

@@SecretAgentBartFargo
Good. To many animals are abused

[@abeomariachi6450]

Let's just pray something positive was done to make sure they Thrive to the Next Generation

[@jamescc2010]

Do not remove them these beautiful animals.

[@DavidPrattChannel]

Can’t they just translocate some of them to other burro suitable habitat?

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

how difficult do you think it would be to round up hundreds of individual donkeys? lol

[@lizzyhodges9071]

BLM and the Ranchers have all the good grazing land to be honest I don't know how these guys survive in this desert forced to be on the worst land available to them when it should be available to every last one of them not cows

[@butcherjones9869]

What ended up happening?!

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

nothing. they are still multiplying in the desert

[@gotthemunchies8850]

Damn man 😞

[@jamescc2010]

Human have destroyed nature much more. It is us.

[@1590qtop]

They need to get those stupid ATVs and dirtbikes out of my deserts- and more wild burros in them -NOW!!!!!!!!

[@josebarreto6014]

Que país e este

[@AngelMartinez-kz2rw]

USA,Arizona

[@balazsvigh9758]

equus scotti

[@otavianodarochalealleal8631]

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[@sayaidmond9238]

Dihnya it mains..

[@balazsvigh9758]

equus lambei

[@DavidPrattChannel]

Why don’t they just introduce wolves or wild dogs into the area to control their numbers naturally?

[@Antonya944]

Mountain lions control their numbers

[@DavidPrattChannel]

antony gucci oh ok. Well maybe they should reintroduce cougars into areas that are also affected by wild burros so the state wouldn’t have to shoot them.
Did you know, a species of wild donkey used to inhabit North America during the last ice age and wild burros have filled in the ecological gap left behind with its extinction.

[@gulnara6252]

Why we don't just regularly drop nuclear bombs on mostly populated areas to control human population ?

[@DavidPrattChannel]

@@gulnara6252 because then you’d be done for genocide...
Also, I don’t think the nuclear fallout would do surrounding wildernesses any good.
But in seriousness though, overpopulation is a global issue that needs to be addressed and should’ve been back in the 90s.

[@qy2289]

@@DavidPrattChannel BLM has given incentives like adoption for farmers with some discount I believe, but guessing not many people are willing to accept that since it's still high cost. Also, males burros are sent to castration twice a year which is also expensive. Hopefully there's a way to keep burros' number down in a more humine way. The water hole they created is reciprocal tho, quite interesting.

[@keithmoore5224]

Cule the. Humans in stead they do most damage just a thouht

[@GianniAzul3609]

But these are non-native feral descendants of domestic donkeys. So why is it important to ensure their survival and viability?

[@thecloudfoundation7870]

Hi, Gianni! Great question! There are a few reasons --
- Burros are a keystone species that protect habitat, not just for themselves but for pronghorn and other wildlife as well. Scientists who study them in the wild found they are “eco-engineers” that dig for, and provide, water for other desert species; the water holes they produce then become vegetation nurseries. (check out the link to the article below, “America’s Wild and Wondrous Burros.") Their droppings spread fertility. By grazing cheatgrass and other invasive plants, they help prevent wildfires.
- BLM’s mismanagement of wild burros promotes the ejiao (donkey hide gel) trade by which China destroys 5 million donkeys each year for cosmetic and natural medicine. The illegal trade is impoverishing many families and villages in Africa and Asia, which depend on donkeys for farm work and transportation.
-- And of course... they are protected by the 1971 Wild and Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act.
www.thecloudfoundation.org/current-events/2021/6/18/americas-wild-and-wondrous-burros-are-in-peril

[@yaserfalah8011]

It is like zebra.

[@viridianshield245]

So they are not donkeys but burros?

[@m.s.1715]

Burros are small donkeys with long hair

[@danscalia7427]

As of August 2020 it looks like they are going to go thru with this ridiculous Round-up Plan. This is terrible news.

[@BacktotheBasics101]

Nice video, unfortunately about 97% of it is simply not true.

[@m.s.1715]

Enlighten us.

[@balto4]

Beautiful shame they are being killed in Australia as well

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

bro, they're still here in the desert. there's so many of them they are considered invasive. chill lol

[@claeslind9532]

Why does BLM want to remove them?

[@luizalves3806]

Not burro yes jumento Brazil 👍👏👏👏

[@floot6799]

So burros are 'different' to feral donkeys?.... Interesting when bs overtakes fact and logic....

[@m.s.1715]

"A wild donkey is a burro. "Burro" is the Spanish term for the common working donkey in Spain and Mexico; it likely entered the English language in the U.S. when Spaniards brought burros to America's southwest in the 1500s. This means unlike the jackass and mule, burro is actually just another way to say donkey. But the term does have a more specific meaning, and there are some specifications.
For starters, those living west of the Mississippi River often say burro while those to the east use the term donkey. Others use burro to refer to smaller donkeys or wild donkeys still roaming rangeland in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Oregon, according to the Bureau of Land Management."

[@aaronharp2374]

Very cool animals but this was very one sided, a lot of sound data was ignored. I'd rather see the feral burros and horses gone and focus placed on the native desert bighorns and Sonoran pronghorns.

[@robertbreschard3493]

They never look like anything else

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Fuck yeah about to take the dirt bike out and slice some Dune's!

[@johndour5207]

Cry me a river

[@m.s.1715]

Well you clearly could give an f* about anybody but yourself so I'm not sure why you are even bothering to watch a video if you are so heartless. Sorry that people have souls and care about animals and their futures. You're the jackass. Pun intended.

[@robertbreschard3493]

Why you want these beasts

[@maxzzyzx8038]

Feral not wild

[@robertbreschard3493]

These animals are plain

[@thecloudfoundation7870]

Hi, @maxyzzyzx8038! Thanks for watching and commenting. This is a great conversation starter! :D
The video doesn't claim that these wild burros are a native North American species.
However! Around here - and among those who advocate for WHB - we see that the term “feral” (the "F" word! LOL) is used to both wild burros and wild horses. Federal law defines both wild horses and burros as wild species. Period. Calling wild burros “feral” is incorrect on several counts. First, the definition means "an animal that has escaped from captivity or domestication and has reverted to a natural state." That doesn’t apply to wild burros presently living on or near public lands. Second, the term “feral” refers to individual animals, not an entire species. Third, the term “wild” means "in a state of nature independently of humans, untamed." No one provides the wild burros with regular water, hay, and hoof care.
It's a touchy topic for some, no doubt about it. We hope the above explanation makes sense.

[@kakuto500]

So what happend?

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

nothing. they're still here

[@robertbreschard3493]

How many are left

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

@@robertbreschard3493 lots