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Date Posted: 15:40:49 11/28/02 Thu
Author: Cheri
Subject: Wednesday's horse fact..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily Inspirations, and Horse Facts.." on 18:21:58 11/25/02 Mon



Health concerns of Mules and Donkeys..


Part 9..


Mules, as a rule of thumb, live longer productive lives than horses. In farming days, when an animal's value depended in part on how long it could work, it was often estimated that mules averaged 18 years of work compared to 15 for the horse.


A pamphlet published some decades ago titled, "Jacks, Jennets and Mules," which was designed to tout the stellar qualities of these long-eared animals, gave this report: "One of our members employs 160 mules in harness. He buys 3-year-olds and never sells one. When they become unfit for work, they are humanely destroyed. His records are exact. Of 89 mules in 1921, 28 were still at work aged 24 years in 1942. The average age of death of the 61 that had passed away (or had been put down) was 20 years."

Today, when mules are no longer asked to carry that type of workload and perhaps are recipients of superior nutritional and medical care, it is not uncommon to find useful lifespans of 30 years.


Tomorrows fact .. Surefooted To The End

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