Catalan donkey

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a group of dark-coloured donkeys with pale noses

The Catalan donkey (Template:Langx or Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Langx) is a breed of large domestic donkey from the historic region of Catalonia, now in north-eastern Spain and south-western France. Approximately 80% of the breed population is in the modern autonomous community of Catalonia, and approximately 20% is in the historic Roussillon region of France.[1]Template:R/superscript

History

The Catalan breed is considered to be very old;[2]Template:R/superscript Pliny the Elder mentions donkeys on the Plain of Vic, in the comarca of Osona.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript Some believe it to be related to the Mallorquín and the Zamorano-Leonés donkey.[3]Template:R/superscript

It originates in the basins of the Cardener, Segre and Ter rivers.[1]Template:R/superscript A herd-book was established in 1880[4]Template:R/superscript[5]Template:R/superscript[6]Template:R/superscript or 1929.[7]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript Numbers fell during the Spanish Civil War, but recovered in the next decade. In the 1960s and 1970s rural depopulation and the mechanisation of agriculture led to a new decline in numbers. A breeders' association, the Script error: No such module "Lang"., was formed in 1978 and the 1929 herd-book was re-opened.[2]Template:R/superscript Much of the credit for the recovery of the breed is given to one person, Joan Gassó i Salvans from the comarca of Berguedà.[8]Template:R/superscript In 2004, 32% of the registered population of 336 were on his finca in Olvan.[2]Template:R/superscript An official national genealogical herd-book was opened in 2002.[9]Template:R/superscript[7]Template:R/superscript At the end of 2013 the total population in Spain was recorded as 851.[10]Template:R/superscript In 2020 the Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, the Spanish ministry of agriculture, listed the breed as "in danger of extinction".[1]Template:R/superscript

The Catalan has been exported to many countries, among them Algeria, Congo, Madagascar, Tunisia and Zaire in Africa; Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba and the United States in the Americas; and also Australia, Germany, India and the United Kingdom.[4]Template:R/superscript It contributed to the history of European breeds including the Baudet de Poitou in France, and the Asino di Martina Franca and Asino di Pantelleria in Italy. In the United States it played an essential part in the development of the American Mammoth Jack: a Catalan jack known as Imported Mammoth, brought to Charleston in South Carolina in 1819, was widely used for breeding in parts of Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee.[4]Template:R/superscript

Characteristics

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Use

The traditional use of the Catalan was as a sire for mules.[4]Template:R/superscript With the mechanisation of agriculture in the twentieth century, demand for mules fell precipitously, and Catalan jacks were no longer needed for this purpose.

In the twenty-first century, possible uses for these donkeys include recreational tourism; use in vegetation management to clear underbrush in woodland, thus reducing the risk of wildfire; as a companion animal; and as an element of cultural heritage.[6]Template:R/superscript

Advocates of Catalan nationalism have adopted the donkey as a satirical response to the Toro de Osborne image widespread in other parts of Spain.[4]Template:R/superscript

References

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  1. ↑ a b c d Raza equino asnal Catalana: Datos generales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Archived 19 May 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Jordi Jordana Vidal (updated 2018). Ase Català: Origen i Història (in Catalan). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Facultat de Veterinària, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments. Archived 10 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Ase català (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya: Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Accessed July 2014.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. Template:ISBN.
  5. ↑ Waltraud Kugler, Hans-Peter Grunenfelder, Elli Broxham (2008). Donkey Breeds in Europe: Inventory, Description, Need for Action, Conservation; Report 2007/2008. St. Gallen, Switzerland: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. Archived 2 September 2009.
  6. ↑ a b J. Jordana, P. Folch (1996). The endangered Catalonian donkey breed: the main ancestor of the American ass or Mammoth. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 16 (10): 436–441. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".. Template:Link note.
  7. ↑ a b Miguel Fernández Rodríguez, Mariano Gómez Fernández, Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo, Silvia Adán Belmonte, Miguel Jiménez Cabras (editors) (2009). Guía de campo de las razas autóctonas españolas (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. Template:ISBN.
  8. ↑ [s.n.] (7 March 2012). Mor el 'pare' del ruc català (in Catalan). El Punt Avui. Archived 14 July 2014.
  9. ↑ a b Resolución ARP/680/2002, de 26 de marzo, por la que se reglamenta el Libro Genealógico de la raza asnal catalana (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Archived 4 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Raza equino asnal Catalana: Datos censales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Accessed May 2014.

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