“Domestic donkeys and horses can do it too... they can be quite deadly “
A little known fact or number is the number of deaths and injuries due to draft animals prior to the invention of the internal combustion engine. Lots of injury due to run away horses, mules, kicks to the head or other parts of the body, children who did know what to watch for were particularly at risk. Autos have their problems but things were not all roses before them.
Today, riding a horse is as dangerous as riding a motorcycle, hour for hour...
25% of riders can expect a broken bone.