Donkey business.

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  • Source:
    Economist. 10/8/2005, Vol. 377 Issue 8447, p56-56. 1/4p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      DONKEYS; TRAFFIC safety; ACCIDENT prevention; TRAFFIC accidents
    • Subject Terms:
      NAMIBIA
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the organization Donkey Welfare of Namibia, which will help make donkeys visible to vehicle drivers on the roads at night and prevent traffic accidents. When cruising along Namibia's long and empty roads, unsuspecting drivers face a no less dangerous hazard: sleeping donkeys. At night, the warm tarmac provides a much more comfortable bed than the vast expanses of land only a few yards away. Invisible in the dark, the dormant asses, which help plough Namibia's land and pull its carts, have become a cause of many a car crash, to the dismay of drivers and the police alike. Donkey Welfare of Namibia is planning to make donkeys glow in the dark by attaching reflective tags to their ears. Donkey Welfare is thinking of paying for donkeys and yellow carts, painted in the fashion of American school buses, to lug children to school.