1960s: Children play pin the tail on the donkey. Boy spins blindfolded little girl. Girl attempts to put tail on donkey. Children laugh. Girl sits alone.

This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment. Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN.\n\n**STATIONS PLEASE NOTE: THIS NATPKG CONTAINS THE WORD "JACKASS" AT :29 AND :36 ON SCREEN THAT IS NOT BLURRED**\n\n --SUPERS--\n(prefonted)\n --LEAD IN--\nWHAT STARTED OUT AS BRINGING HOME A NEW PET DONKEY TURNED INTO A PASSION PROJECT FOR MARK MEYERS AND HIS WIFE AMY. \nMARK LEARNED THAT DONKEYS ARE A VERY MISUNDERSTOOD AND OFTEN ABUSED ANIMAL. \nHE STARTED RESCUING DONKEYS IN HIS AREA, GIVING THEM MEDICAL CARE AND CONNECTING THEM TO FOREVER HOMES. \nIN 2000, HE FOUNDED PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE, WHICH HAS BECOME THE LARGEST DONKEY RESCUE IN THE COUNTRY AND HAS HELPED MORE THAN 13,000 DONKEYS TO-DATE.\nTHAT MAKES HIM ONE OF C-N-N'S TOP 10 HEROES OF 2019.\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\n(music)\nMark Meyers: Donkeys speak to my soul.\nMark NAT: Hey guys!\nMark: Donkeys are like dogs…\nMark NAT: That’s some good stuff right there.\nMark: … they’re affectionate, they’re loyal, protective.\nNAT: donkey breath\nMark: They’re amazing animals that nobody gets. I understand what they’re thinking. Of all the animals, they’re the most Zen. They’re just in the moment. They’re never put off their game, but donkeys are misunderstood.\n(music)\nSOT: Bugs Bunny cartoon, Pinocchio cartoon\nMark: Bugs Bunny turned into a donkey when he did something stupid, Pinocchio turned into a donkey when he was overindulgent. Neither of those things are traits of donkeys, but the public thinks that that’s exactly what a donkey is.\n(music)\nMark: They have literally built this country on their backs and then they got left behind.\nMark NAT: This poor guy. Looks like he had a mouthful of bad teeth. He’s in several feet of filth.\nMark: Domestic donkeys are faced with abuse, neglect and abandonment, all really stemming from the fact that they have so little value that, “they’re not worth keeping, let’s get rid of it.”\n(music)\nMark: The other side of the coin is the wild donkeys. They’re gonna keep multiplying until the government is faced with hard decisions. We don’t want to see them being put down simply because there’s too many.\nMark NAT: This old girl here is Isabelle, and this was Amy and I’s first donkey ever.\nMark: My beautiful wife Amy bought Izzy and we just fell in love with her.\nMark NAT: Yup, that lip will come right loose, won’t it?\nMark: We had probably 25 donkeys when we decided that either we have a problem (laugh) or we’re gonna have to find a way to find homes for these donkeys.\n(music)\nMark: And that’s what birthed the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue. And so we created an adoption program so that more can come in and get saved.\n(music)\nNAT: donkeys galloping\nMark: We have racked up over 13,000 donkeys rescued. We are the largest donkey rescue in the world…\nNAT: corralling donkeys\nMark: …as far as physically going out and saving donkeys.\n(music)\nNAT: group of donkeys walking into corral, gate closing behind them\nMark: We’re constantly working. You are physically looking at every single individual animal in every single pen that we have.\nMark NAT: Feels like a gelding to me.\nMark: … because that’s crucial that we catch any problem immediately.\nNAT: trimming donkey hoof\nMark: If it’s hoof trimming time, we do that. Every year, every donkey gets a dental check.\nMark NAT: long in the tooth\nMark: And then of course, the training, which is most important part.\nMark NAT: up a little, up a little. Good job.\nMark: We can’t just send a wild donkey into somebody’s home and think it’s all gonna work out in the end. So we have to have the trainers.\nNAT: brushing donkey’s hair\nMark NAT: Leah’s gonna brush the entire body so there’s no goosey spots where they’re not used to being touched.\nMark: I think our success is because we quite literally didn’t know what the hell we were doing, and we let the donkeys teach us. And apparently, that was a pretty good plan.\n(music)\nNAT: tractor pushing hay bale\nMark: This job is hard.\nNATs: putting roll of grass into bucket, shoveling ground\nMark: I’ve pretty much broken most of my bones. I’ve been knocked unconscious.\nNAT: donkey kicking its leg\nMark: Emotionally is the harder part.\nMark NAT: I’m feeling the love.\nMark: The vision that I hold was to improve the plight of the American donkey. And there are so many donkeys and so many places that need so much help.\nMark NAT: There’s nothing cuter than a baby donkey.\nMark: We’re saving ‘em. We’re improving their lives, that at the end of the day, makes up for some of the atrocities.\nMark NAT: This is cheap therapy.\nMark: I know they have value. I know their contributions to our country. I wanna see every donkey find its happiness, its happy place, its peaceful place.\n(music)\n(end)\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\n\n

Men carry luggage on donkeys in India. Man on donkey at a waterway. Other men carry luggage on bullock-carts. Location: India. Date: 1915.

Donkey carrying packages

Children in traditional Peruvian clothing smile for the camera as they stand on a farm in the mountains of Peru. Farmers observe as llamas and donkeys graze in a field of grass at the base of a mountain. Close ups of llamas and donkeys chewing on grass are shown. A farmer smiles as he sits in the grass field. A woman in traditional clothing covers a laugh as she enjoys watching the donkeys and llamas. A donkey carries a load of supplies on its back as a woman walks behind it along a path. A farmer wrangles a herd of sheep. A woman wraps a baby to her back with a blanket. A little boy stands by his mother in front of a muddy stream.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Symbols of the US Democratic Party (donkey) and Republican Party (elephant)

Beirut, Lebanon, Middle East - exterior - car and brick wall in bg, man milks donkey in bg - arab man on donkey - donkey, country road, boys on camel, grazing camel, woman, headscarf

Wivelsfield, Sussex. <br/> <br/>SV. Pearly King and Queen standing around looking at donkey. CU. Head of donkey. CU. Pearly King. GV. Donkeys lined up in paddock being prepared for race. SV. Girl feeding donkey with carrots. CU. Another donkey being fed from bowl. SV. Crowd watching. GV. Start of carrot race, donkeys being chased all around. SV. Donkeys running wild - kids chasing donkeys, & CU. CU. Small child looking through fencing. CU. Small girl patting the winner of the carrot race. SV. Bookies paying out money to a small boy. CU. Small boy receiving money from bookie. LV. Donkeys being paraded round course. SV. Stubborn donkey with boy pulling at donkey's head trying to get him to come out of paddock. CU. Boy pulling the reins on donkey's head. CU. Another boy pushing rear of donkey. SV. Boy pulling and boy pushing donkey still stubborn. SV. Crowds, line of donkeys for big race. CU. Flags going down for start of race. GV. Start of race, pan to back view as donkeys race down straight. LV. Donkeys racing down straight, some riders falling. GV. Course, donkeys racing down straight, & SV. Pan SV. Donkeys racing past camera followed by one donkey without rider. SV. Crowds jumping with excitement. SV. The winner, Mr Tim Riordan's Asham, passing the post. SV. Small girl watching the race through a wooden fence. SV. Pearly King with donkey. CU. Baby donkey. SV. Crowds jumping with excitement. SV. &S V. Crowds jumping with excitement.

The Donkey Serenade

SPORTS! ITALIAN DONKEY DERBY CU JOCKEY SPEAKS INTO THE EAR OF A DONKEY. CU DONKEY SPEAKS BACK WITH CROWD ON BOTH SIDES THE RACE BEGINS AND IMMEDIATE CHAOS AS DONKEYS CHARGE INTO THE CROWD. DONKEY SPORTS

CS of Berber tribesman squatting near spring, drinking with cup. MLS of small caravan of natives, some walking, some riding donkeys, crossing ditch in field of wild flowers. Shot of Moroccan guiding along loaded donkey, two of man's children riding second donkey. FOLLOW SHOT of man carrying loaded dromedary following behind, exotic shrubbery. Profile CU of dromedary. Rear shot of keeper of dromedary, man leading loaded donkey, two boys riding donkey moving away from camera. Shot of Moroccan filling amphora with river water, putting amphora and skins of water on donkey, moving on his way with friend. Profile shot of donkey walking away. FOLLOW SHOT of donkey and the two men. Several shots of dromedaries resting. MSs, CUs of dromedaries, of donkeys in corral. Shots of keepers walking among the animals. Several MLSs of lizard on masonry wall. Shot of young Moroccans swimming in river.

NAME: MEX DONKEY 20060503I TAPE: EF06/0381 IN_TIME: 10:03:54:08 DURATION: 00:02:17:16 SOURCES: TV AZTECA DATELINE: Otumba - 1 May 2006 RESTRICTIONS: No Access Mexico SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of donkey parade 2. Cutaway of people watching parade 3. Mid of dressed-up donkeys 4. Various of baby donkey in buggy 5. Close up of dressed-up donkey with sign on him 6. Various of donkey race 7. Close up of sign 8. Pan of donkey toys 9. Mid of people buying donkey toys 10. Various of donkey toys 11. People with donkey toy 12. Various of donkeys 13. Wide of people watching festival 14. Mid of man dancing dressed up as donkey 15. Various of donkey polo STORYLINE For more than 40 years, the people of a central Mexican village have celebrated the "Day of the Donkey". The annual festival in Otumba, near the famous Teotihuacan pyramids, celebrates the animals'' highly-valued work. This year''s festival featured donkey races, donkey polo and a donkey rodeo, along with prizes for the best-costumed donkey and, of course, the crowning of Miss Donkey. Some 10-thousand people - and many more donkeys - joined in the fun. Donkeys feature large in the history of 16th century Otumba, 60 miles (96 kilometres) northwest of Mexico City. People from the village have long been nicknamed "donkeys" for their strong work ethic, although many say its owed more to their stubborness. Some fear the festival is under threat - the increasing number of machines used in agriculture means the number of donkeys taking part in the festival is declining annually, although it''s unlikely they''ll disappear altogether. At between 50 and 200 US dollars each, the beasts of burden are still affordable for people without motorised vehicles and essential for passing some of the area''s rugged terrain. It''s no coincidence the festival is held on May Day, which is international labour day. Keyword-animals - wacky

Feature story on woman who is devoting her life to taking care of unwanted animals.

Israel

Two donkeys (Equus sp.) standing in the desert, and panning left to a third donkey, with a backdrop of pink sand dunes. Filmed in Namibia.

Visualizing American politics, this stock video features the iconic symbols of the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey. Loopable

donkey baseball (man bats ball and jumps on donkey to get to first base, crowd watches, donkey running around, man pulls donkey w/ him to get to ball, man falls off donkey trying to catch ball, people falling off donkeys)

Man steering a donkey cart along dirt road, South Africa.

1960s: Children play pin the tail on the donkey. Boy spins blindfolded little girl. Girl attempts to put tail on donkey. Children laugh. Girl sits alone.

Man pulling stubborn donkey

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