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A process of recognition of the Burro da Ilha
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oversees a programme of recovery and conservation of the remaining population; it also manages the conservation programme for the endangered
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379:. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2024.
269:, male donkeys used for farm work were for preference castrated; the number of donkey geldings on the island may be a factor in the
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427:(in Portuguese). Bruno F. Bettencourt: RaboTorto, Bloque Tauromáquico, 28 December 2007. Accessed July 2014.
414:(in Portuguese). Bruno F. Bettencourt: RaboTorto, Bloque Tauromáquico, 16 December 2007. Accessed July 2014.
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471:(in Portuguese). Quinta-Feira: Radio Graciosa. Accessed July 2014.
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The Burro da Ilha
Graciosa is a small donkey, standing on average
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A winter in the Azores; and a summer at the baths of the Furnas
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