On this page you can download a vector illustration of a donkey which was found on an old Italian book cover.
The illustration is black and white, and the donkey is drawn from behind with its head turned backwards. The donkey is an animal that has played a major role in history (more than 5000 years), and nowadays we can see it increasingly rarely. It has endured our exploitation of its strength as a working animal, mainly in agriculture and transportation. Unfortunately, a huge number of donkeys, mules and hinnies were killed during the wars. These tame and good-natured animals certainly did not deserve such a fate. Today their number has drastically reduced, but at least people have given them a break. The donkey is a domesticated subspecies of the African wild ass and belongs to the horse family (equidae).