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Carrot-toting tourists making Arizona burros obese
hostednews/ ^ | 6 hours ago | FELICIA FONSECA

Posted on 08/31/2009 8:43:36 AM PDT by JoeProBono

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — There is an epidemic in an old gold mining town in western Arizona: The wild burros that roam the town's single street are overweight, with rolls of fat on their necks and big, full bellies. But don't blame them. They'll eat anything.

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: ariz; burros

In this October 2008, Burros lined up outside a store front in Oatman, Ariz. are fed carrots by a passer-by. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is asking tourists to stop feeding the burros because they are overweight. The agency has launched a campaign it hopes will eventually steer the burros back into the desert to forage for grass and shrubs and get them back into shape.


1 posted on 08/31/2009 8:43:37 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

That sign should be on Capitol Hill.

2 posted on 08/31/2009 8:49:22 AM PDT by KarlInOhio ("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
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To: JoeProBono

I lost seven carrots to a burro just yesterday (my fault, I put the bucket down and forgot—he hoovr’d them right up).


3 posted on 08/31/2009 8:50:32 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: JoeProBono

Those borros are so cute but stubborn. Democrat mascot should be a snake, slug, tick, or a roach not a donkey.


4 posted on 08/31/2009 8:53:43 AM PDT by Frantzie (Lou Dobbs & Glenn Beck- American Heroes! Bill O'Reilly = Liar)
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To: JoeProBono
Will a Burro eat until it dies like a horse?
5 posted on 08/31/2009 8:54:13 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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