Love it, especially the reporter vid. I remember this going around a ways back - a mule but he's obviously inherited the donkey spunk ...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/mulelion.asp

Might also want to hop back into the truck if you see some ganders coming around the house.

Remember that set of photos of the donkey stomping and throwing the mountain lion around a few years ago? Can't remember if the cat was already dead or not, but the donkey sure didn't seem to care.

Here in the mountains of WV we have a lot of sheep farmers. If you look of every farm you will find several donkeys. Besides the coyotes we have a problem with we also have bear. One would think that a bear wouldn't be afraid of a donkey. Wrong think again. A bear wants no part of a donkey. On these farms there are several donkeys in the same field so the coyotes or bears have to contend with several donkeys.

Don't mess with donkeys. They are mean son of a guns.

They are very common in the south. I have seen a lot of donkeys on farms in TN and upon asking why so many people had them I was told they keep the coyoytes away from the other livestock.

Yup, we got 'em running with the cows in East Texas. Very common out here.

I have a friend that has sheep also and has a donkey that ... get this, hates deer! Everytime he smells or sees a deer he runs it out of the sheep pen, and any coyotes that may be in the vicinity.

I guy I know but haven't seen for several years had a herd of sheep, which are just magnets for coyotes. He got a pair of dogs, I wish I could remember the breed that were supposed to be the best thing ever for coyotes. He put them in the pasture with the sheep and the next morning found a dead coyote inside the fence. He found out after he got them that they didn't do so good at distinguishing between coyotes and dogs. They would stay close to the herd but anything canine that came around was toast.

A longer clip of the llama expressing his opinion of the reporter is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKreparktl4

Llamas are remarkably intelligent. If you have any doubts of that, see http://www.rattlesnakeridgeranch.com/the_matriarch.htm

LMAO... who would of thought? but hey whatever works right

I've seen both donkeys and llamas sharing the fields with sheep, cattle, and goats for years. They are one of the great success stories in guard animals, and I've seen coyotes hit by 18-wheelers that were in better shape than one following a meeting with a donkey or a llama.