{"id":1536,"date":"2021-03-30T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T13:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/?page_id=1536"},"modified":"2023-03-28T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:41:56","slug":"ezelis-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/en\/ezelis-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Poitou donkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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POITOU DONKEY (Equus asinus)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Domestic donkey – a descendant of African wild donkeys, an equine soliped. \u00a0<\/p>

Breed was created in the early 18th century in the Poitou region of France.<\/p>

Distribution: France, Great Britain, zoos in the USA, Canada.<\/p>

The first Poitou donkeys in the \u201eRak\u0161i\u201d were imported from France in March 2018.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Weight: 300-540 kg<\/p>

Height at the shoulders: for male 152 cm, for female 135 cm<\/p>

Life Span: 35 years (camel – 50, horse – 28, human – 79)<\/p>

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IN THE WORLD<\/strong><\/p>

* Donkeys were domesticated 3000-6000 years ago<\/strong> in Egypt or Mesopotamia.<\/p>

* Today, there are about 44,000,000<\/strong> domestic donkeys in the world, of which only about 1,000 <\/strong>are Poitou.<\/p>

* Poitou donkeys are preserved as an outstanding and beautiful historical breed of donkeys.<\/p>

* At one time they were widely used for obtaining especially good super mules (donkey and horse crossbreeds).<\/p>

* Almost disappeared when, due to technical advances, mule breeding ended.<\/p>

*In 1977, only 44 such donkeys<\/strong> were left.<\/p>

* Used for riding, carrying loads, drawing carts<\/strong>, plowing, threshing.<\/p>

* Rarely, but still grown for meat or milk.<\/p>

* Extremely high risk of extinction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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FACTS ABOUT POITOU DONKEY<\/p>

* In France acknowledged as a national treasure.<\/p>

* Huge stature and shaggy coat that looks like dreadlocks.<\/p>

* Mane can grow up to the ground.<\/p>

* Coat color varies from brown to almost black.<\/p>

* Usually it is necessary to get rid of mane in the name of hygiene.<\/p>

* Due to a special gene mutation, mane can be gorgeous even if the donkey is Poitou only for 1\/8.<\/p>

* Is more stronger than a horse of the same size.<\/p>

* The position of the eyes allows him to see all four of his legs at the same time.<\/p>

* There are rings of other colors around the eyes and muzzle.<\/p>

* character is very friendly and submissive.<\/p>

* They are not stubborn, but may decide not to do something that seems unsafe.<\/p>

* In France, on the island R\u00e9, every morning pants are put on donkeys – they protect against insect bites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

POITOU DONKEY (Equus asinus) Domestic donkey – a descendant of African wild donkeys, an equine soliped. \u00a0 Breed was created in the early 18th century in the Poitou region of France. Distribution: France, Great Britain, zoos in the USA, Canada. The first Poitou donkeys in the \u201eRak\u0161i\u201d were imported from France in March 2018. Weight: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":1536,"lv":850,"ru":2561},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8702,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1536\/revisions\/8702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamieli.lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}