I was watching this video yesterday at the farm of my neighbours (who look after my donkeys when I go away on trips) and here Kike Garvi gives probably the best master class in the qualities of the Andalusian breed. The video doubles as a class in expert equine coat clipping, by Manuel Dorado, one … More Master class in the qualities of the Andalusian donkey
Fco. Javier Navas González: fragmento abreviado de las páginas 141-146 de Donkey and Mule Medicine: Foundations, Breeds, and Management (Springer, Suiza, 2026) traducido del inglés a castellano por Gareth Thomas Weaver.)1 La evidencia arqueológica de la domesticación del asno es más sólida en el Egipto temprano, con el material más concluyente hallado en Abidos, que … More Domesticación y dispersión del burro
From the 1980s onwards people in Andalusia have awakened to the urgent need to save an endangered donkey breed from extinction. We believe the Andalusian donkey (or Cordobés, also known as Lucentino) can be traced back to the Egyptians – in other words a domestic species that is 3,000 years old. At the moment members of … More Andalusian donkeys in 2012: archive video
Video de Córdoba 13-15 marzo 2024 en canal YouTube @equusasinus
Since I decided to begin a systematic enquiry into the Andalusian donkey I am immersed in three different time periods: (1) The 1980s when some people began to notice the Andalusian breed was in danger of extinction; (2) the past twenty years and the changing methodologies of zoo-archaeology and related disciplines; and (3) exploring farming … More Al Andalus and the Andalusian donkey