D- Donkey

I’m pretty sure that I’ve never seen as many donkeys in my life as I have in Botswana. Somebody once told Brian and me that, in order to encourage people to grow crops, the Government of Botswana once gave its citizens donkeys for free to help with the plowing. The policy has ended, but it was enough for donkeys to become absolutely ubiquitous and at this point I’m not entirely convinced that all the donkeys in the country have rightful owners. You see them roaming the streets in even the most remote parts of the country. They don't mind standing in the middle of the road, and could bring the main road in Molepolole to a stand still. There are some people who still use donkeys to pull carts out to the lands (appropriately called “donkey carts”.) There was even a butchery along the road between Gaborone and Molepolole that sold donkey meat. (According to a Daily News article I read the owner originally thought the meat could be used to feed dogs, etc., but it became wildly popular among everyone. The butchery could buy a donkey for something like P200 and make 100 percent profit!) I could have made a photo collage of all my donkey pictures (I like the small, fuzzy donkeys best.) but will just share this one of Brian from early after settling into Molepolole.