World-first donkey IVF treatment: 10 embryos are now frozen in liquid nitrogen

This research could help save endangered donkey varieties — research has shown that donkeys are just as intelligent as dogs and dolphins, with excellent memories and problem-solving abilities

Donkey embryos are much more difficult to work with, with a success rate of 5-10% compared to horses (30%)

‘Life is tough, but it’s even tougher when you’re stupid’, John Wayne is supposed to have said. 

Wayne played hard-man oafish characters on screen but, as one wag put it, ‘he wasn’t as stupid as he looked’. He liked reading Dickens — his favourite novel wasDavid Copperfield. Although donkeys don’t read Dickens, something similar might be said of them.