Mexican donkey jailed for ornery behavior ("doing time for assault and battery")

Yahoo! News ^ | 05/19/2008 | AP

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico - A donkey is doing time in southern Mexico for assault and battery.

The animal was locked up at a local jail that normally holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances after it bit and kicked two men near a ranch in Chiapas state, police said Monday.

Officer Sinar Gomez said the donkey will remain behind bars until its owner agrees to pay the men's medical bills.

"Around here, if someone commits a crime they are jailed," Gomez said — "no matter who they are."

The owner, Mauro Gutierrez, told The Associated Press he would try to reach a friendly arrangement to pay the men's bills, estimated at US$420 (euro270).

The victims said the donkey bit Genaro Vazquez, 63, in the chest on Sunday and then kicked 52-year-old Andres Hernandez as he tried to come to the rescue, fracturing his ankle.

"All of a sudden, the animal was on top of us like it was rabid," Hernandez said.

Police said it took a half-dozen men to control the enraged burro.

Chiapas police have thrown animals in the slammer before, including a bull that devoured corn crops and destroyed two wooden vending stands in March.

In 2006, a dog was locked up for 12 days after biting someone. His owners were fined US$18.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Ping. ;)

[Ciexyz]

Brings to mind reports from the Middle Ages when animals were put in public stocks and even flogged for incidents like this.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

and even flogged for incidents like this.

Donkeys being flogged... monkeys spanked... and chickens, choked.

It's a sick, sick world out there, man. ;)

[microgood]

My horse Ringo likes drinking beer out of my hand. Guess I better be careful.

[calcowgirl]

Donkeys.... them are mean nasty animals!

[Ciexyz]

We think we as a civilization are progressing upward spiritually and ethically, and then we read stories like this. Sad.

[BossLady]

Hey, where’s the ‘Naughty Donkey Alert’ on this post? :o

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

I should probably post a picture of the burro in question, so that we’d all have the opportunity to opine “Guilty!” or “Not Guilty!” ;)

[anymouse]

At least they didn’t lock the donkey up for rape. You know about those shows they have in Mexico. ;)

[BossLady]

Yes, was this a hot piece of a$$ or not? :o)

VOTE VOTE VOTE !!!!!!!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Ever see "Clerks 2"...? ;)

[21twelve]

“Seven virgins and a mule - keep it cool, keep it cool”.

[Cvengr]

Lots of criminal donkeys pay their sentences with public time served. Will the never learn? ;^)

[kalee]

"Around here, if someone commits a crime they are jailed," Gomez said — "no matter who they are." Mexican version of the rule of law, need I comment further?

[Graybeard58]

We’ll raises up our glasses
Against evil forces
Singing, “Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses!

[RichInOC]

Bit and kicked? Could have been worse. It’s a good thing it wasn’t the burlesque-show donkey.

[indcons]

A donkey? Obviously a Democrat.

[Fresh Wind]

I’d like to see some American donkeys locked up.

[Boiling point]

I have a donkey, he likes to sneak up behind you and bite the living $h!+ out of you! I was reaching over the fence one day rubbing his head when he suddenly reached up and bit the back of by arm so bad that even though I was wearing a winter coat, I had blood blisters.