Informational Links:

•  (CBS) CBS News Sunday Morning Correspondent Bill Geist traveled to rural Ohio to report on some unusual basketball games.  This is a nice piece that was created by CBS News Sunday Morning back in 2003.  It offers some great information on the history of donkey ball and what it is about.

• Schoolyard Bullies  Here is some information from Faces of Agriculture.  It is about a donkey basketball game we conducted and how some people tried to shut it down.  Please take note of the tactics that they employed to try to stop our event, their arguments, and the counter arguments proffered by the article's author, Trent Loos.

• One donkey owner's account of donkey basketball! One donkey owner's personal opinions about donkey basketball and how the donkeys are treated.

• Donkeys  A great source of information about donkeys.  Please check it out for some interesting facts about the creatures.

• Donkey Power  This link has some information about how donkeys are worked in developing parts of the world and how much weight a donkey can carry.  It states that donkeys can easily carry 50% or more of their body weight.  The authors of this paper are Denis Fielding, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management and Anne R. Pearson, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, both of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.