– The Federal Ordinance on the Protection of Animals prohibits the keeping of horses, donkeys and similar species when they are alone. The five exemptions granted to date by the canton of Jura do not comply with the higher law and will have to be withdrawn.
– Donkeys, which come from arid areas, do not cope well with the humidity of Jura pastures. They also need very specific feed that is difficult to provide at altitude, as well as a daily supply of fresh drinking water.
– In the government’s view, it has not been scientifically proven that donkeys are a real bulwark against predators.
What about llamas or alpacas? I’ve seen a few and wondered about them. They’re from mountainous places.
The solutions is to not let donkey and sheep alone in mountain pastures.
There’s been enough actual studies being done on how to protect cattle in different situations. And every year, more sheeps die from accident and illness on mountain pastures than from wolf attacks.
Huh Nintendo really scrambled my brain into confusing donkeys and monkeys. I thought this was /r/nottheonion
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– The Federal Ordinance on the Protection of Animals prohibits the keeping of horses, donkeys and similar species when they are alone. The five exemptions granted to date by the canton of Jura do not comply with the higher law and will have to be withdrawn.
– Donkeys, which come from arid areas, do not cope well with the humidity of Jura pastures. They also need very specific feed that is difficult to provide at altitude, as well as a daily supply of fresh drinking water.
– In the government’s view, it has not been scientifically proven that donkeys are a real bulwark against predators.
What about llamas or alpacas? I’ve seen a few and wondered about them. They’re from mountainous places.
The solutions is to not let donkey and sheep alone in mountain pastures.
There’s been enough actual studies being done on how to protect cattle in different situations. And every year, more sheeps die from accident and illness on mountain pastures than from wolf attacks.
Huh Nintendo really scrambled my brain into confusing donkeys and monkeys. I thought this was /r/nottheonion
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