The American ass got his other name because it is the largest donkey species there is in the world. They were bred here in America if you can tell by their name. They started breeding Maltese, Poitou, Andalusia and Catalonian and eventually came to the American Jackstock. The term for a male donkey is called a Jack. A female donkey is called a …show more content…
Other than those, the donkeys are not hunted by others and even us because they are jeweled treasures to us and would never hunt them, ever.
Just because they are a big animal, doesn’t mean that they will hurt people. Well, unless you get on their bad side. In fact, they love people and love being around with them and why they are the most popular donkey or finest one out of every other donkey specie. As Jane Megitt says on her blog “ their either your best friend or your worst enemy”. If you treat them nicely while they’re still a foal, then both of you can have a friendship that will last forever. On the contrary, if treated poorly, they will harm you in any way possible and trust me, you don’t want to get round housed by a 950 pound animal.
Just some other facts that are pretty interesting about the ass is that they don’t always have to be only for work purposes but they can also be your pet and even your best friend. They are strong willed but the owners do not make them do hard work until they are at least 5 years old. The female jack (or Jennet) is mostly used to produce mules since they are super rare to find. Let alone raising