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'The latest addition to Reaktion's animal series - surely one of the most successful publishing ventures of recent years - reveals the donkey, generally considered beneath notice , to be a creature of the utmost fascination.' - The Independent Donkey is concise, informative and profusely illustrated. Within its pages Jill Bough describes the origins and natural history of donkeys, their domestication in the old and new worlds, use in warfare, their place in religion and mythology, and their representation in art and literature.' - Vegan Views

'The latest addition to Reaktion's animal series - surely one of the most successful publishing ventures of recent years - reveals the donkey, ""generally considered beneath notice"", to be a creature of the utmost fascination.' - The Independent Donkey is concise, informative and profusely illustrated. Within its pages Jill Bough describes the origins and natural history of donkeys, their domestication in the old and new worlds, use in warfare, their place in religion and mythology, and their representation in art and literature.' - Vegan Views

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Jill Bough is a Conjoint Academic in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. She has published articles about the history of the donkey in Australian Zoologist (2006) and the Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare (2009).

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