Hutchie reviewed Donkey by Jill Bough (Animal)
Donkeys have historically been among our most useful domesticated animals--from plowing fields to navigating difficult …
A captivating and occasionally heart-wrenching exposé on the human-donkey relationship
5 stars
As someone with a fondness for, but little knowledge of donkeys and their kin, I found this book to be an enlightening introduction to the long and often abusive relationship humans have with the species. I enjoyed the author's unreservedly pro-donkey attitude as she describes their origins and domestication, depictions in mythology, history and religion, uses in colonisation and war, and finally depictions in literature and art throughout the ages.