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Pack animals, such as the horse, llama, goat, dog, and donkey, are sometimes used to help carry the weight of a backpackers gear during an excursion. These animals need special considerations when accompanying backpackers on a trip [clarification needed]. Some areas restrict the use of horses and other pack animals.
A packhorse, pack horse, or sumpter refers to a horse, mule, donkey, or pony used to carry goods on its back, usually in sidebags or panniers. Typically packhorses are used to cross difficult terrain, where the absence of roads prevents the use of wheeled vehicles. Use of packhorses dates from the Neolithic period to the present day.
Donkeys packed on the way to a mine in Alma, Colorado, late 1880s. Medieval pack horse and donkey in Hortus Deliciarum, Europe, 12th century, when packing was a major means of transport of goods US Marines training in resupply with pack mules. Bridgeport, California, 2014
Americans are showing more interest in owning miniature cows, goats, donkeys and other diminutive farm animals, a trend driven by hobby farmers looking for easy-to-manage livestock and ...
The miniature donkeys are part of the barnyard menagerie that live on Bron’s rural, east Sanger home. Along with the donkey’s, Bron has two horses and 10 head of Belted Galloway cattle, the ...
Caring for Mini Donkeys. Mini Donkey foals will nurse from their mother for about four to six months, and will still need specialized feed for their growing bodies until they are full grown—a ...
Horse and cart at Beamish Museum (England, 2013) Dockworkers and hand cart (Haiti, 2006). A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand [1]) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.
Pack animals may be of the same species as mounts or harness animals, though animals such as horses, mules, donkeys, reindeer and both types of camel may have individual bloodlines or breeds that have been selectively bred for packing. Additional species are only used to carry loads, including llamas in the Andes.