Asno de las Encartaciones
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The Asno de las Encartaciones,
Biscay (Bizkaia).[5] It is the only small donkey breed of Spain, and resembles the Gascon donkey, now a sub-type of the Pyrenean donkey.[2]
: 45–46 The Asno de las Encartaciones is critically endangered, and is protected by conservation measures.
History
The Asno de las Encartaciones is indigenous to the western part of the province of Biscay, and is concentrated in the municipalities of
mechanisation of agriculture and the depopulation of rural areas.[6]
The Asno de las Encartaciones was presented at
breeders' association, the Asociación para la protección y Defensa del Burro de Las Encartaciones, was formed in 1996, and a conservation plan, including a 12-hectare reserve at Gordexola, was published in 1999.[7]
The breed was officially recognised in 2004. Its conservation status was listed as "critical" by the
Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, the Spanish ministry of agriculture.[8] Numbers of about 100 were reported in 1999, 2001[9] and 2008.[2]
: 45–46
Characteristics
The Asno de las Encartaciones is the only small donkey breed in Spain. It stands about 120 cm and weighs approximately 200 kg. The coat is black or dark
dorsal stripe.[4]
Use
The Asno de las Encartaciones is small but strong. It was used in the extraction of minerals from the mines of the
meat of jack foals slaughtered at about three months was a traditional local delicacy.[6]
References
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- ^ ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed July 2014.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c d Raza equino asnal ASNO DE LAS ENCARTACIONES: Datos Morfológicos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Accessed July 2014.
- ^ a b ORDEN de 1 de julio de 2004, del Consejero de Agricultura y Pesca, por la que se aprueba la reglamentación específica de la raza asnal 'Asno de las Encartaciones' (in Basque and Spanish). Boletín Oficial del País Vasco 139 (22 July 2004): 14292–96. Accessed July 2014.
- ^ Raza equino asnal ASNO DE LAS ENCARTACIONES: Datos Generales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Accessed July 2014.
- ^ ISBN 9788449109461. p. 438–41.
- ^ Mariano Gómez Fernández (1999). Actualidad en la conservación del Asno de Las Encartaciones (in Spanish). Naturzale, 14: 137-140
- ^ Raza equino asnal ASNO DE LAS ENCARTACIONES: Datos censales (in Spanish). Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Accessed July 2014.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Asno de las Encartaciones/Spain. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed July 2014.