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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
Emergency Resource Dispatcher Toni Reed with Katie Strick.
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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
Emergency Resource Dispatcher Nigel Sena with Katie Strick.
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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
Emergency Resource Dispatcher Nigel Sena with Katie Strick.
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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
Emergency Resource Dispatcher Toni Reed with Katie Strick.
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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
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Panic, fear and abuse: my day in the 999 call handlers' control room
Pressure levels in the ambulance service are at their highest level, with workers quitting, spiralling waiting times and public mental health at crisis point - so how is all of this affecting the people taking the calls? Katie Strick spends 12 hours on the frontline.
Ambulance 999 call centre in Waterloo, central London.
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ara-Papageien dürfen mit ihren Betreuern in den Park in Wimbledon
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Beautiful Macaw parrots named Mikey and Mia are taken out out by their handlers as they enjoy the warm spring sunshine on Wimbledon Common on the first day of the lifting of lockdown restrictions. The forecast is for warmer temperatures reaching the 23Celsius by the middle of the week
Seasonal Weather, Wimbledon, London, UK - 29 Mar 2021
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ara-Papageien dürfen mit ihren Betreuern in den Park in Wimbledon
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Beautiful Macaw parrots named Mikey and Mia are taken out out by their handlers as they enjoy the warm spring sunshine on Wimbledon Common on the first day of the lifting of lockdown restrictions. The forecast is for warmer temperatures reaching the 23Celsius by the middle of the week
Seasonal Weather, Wimbledon, London, UK - 29 Mar 2021
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ara-Papageien dürfen mit ihren Betreuern in den Park in Wimbledon
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Beautiful Macaw parrots named Mikey and Mia are taken out out by their handlers as they enjoy the warm spring sunshine on Wimbledon Common on the first day of the lifting of lockdown restrictions. The forecast is for warmer temperatures reaching the 23Celsius by the middle of the week
Seasonal Weather, Wimbledon, London, UK - 29 Mar 2021
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ara-Papageien dürfen mit ihren Betreuern in den Park in Wimbledon
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Beautiful Macaw parrots named Mikey and Mia are taken out out by their handlers as they enjoy the warm spring sunshine on Wimbledon Common on the first day of the lifting of lockdown restrictions. The forecast is for warmer temperatures reaching the 23Celsius by the middle of the week
Seasonal Weather, Wimbledon, London, UK - 29 Mar 2021
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ara-Papageien dürfen mit ihren Betreuern in den Park in Wimbledon
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Beautiful Macaw parrots named Mikey and Mia are taken out out by their handlers as they enjoy the warm spring sunshine on Wimbledon Common on the first day of the lifting of lockdown restrictions. The forecast is for warmer temperatures reaching the 23Celsius by the middle of the week
Seasonal Weather, Wimbledon, London, UK - 29 Mar 2021
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NEWS - Coronavirus: Ara-Papageien dürfen mit ihren Betreuern in den Park in Wimbledon
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Beautiful Macaw parrots named Mikey and Mia are taken out out by their handlers as they enjoy the warm spring sunshine on Wimbledon Common on the first day of the lifting of lockdown restrictions. The forecast is for warmer temperatures and a mini heatwave this week
Seasonal Weather, Wimbledon, London, UK - 29 Mar 2021
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FEATURE - Hundeparade: Westminster Dog Show in New York
(2/13/2017) Judging for best in breed categories started at Pier 92 during the Westminster Kennel Club's 141 annual Best In Show dog show. Hundreds of breeds, styles, sizes, colors & temperaments were brought to Manhattan's West Side as owners & handlers put on last minute touches hoping to win North America's most coveted dog show title: Best in Show. (Photo by Andy Katz / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 19516917
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FEATURE - Tiere herausgeputzt für die Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate
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Handlers shows their sheep at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
158th Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate, UK - 12 Jul 2016
The show, which been held annually since 1837, is the largest agricultural show in England
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FEATURE - Tiere herausgeputzt für die Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate
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Handlers shows their sheep at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
158th Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate, UK - 12 Jul 2016
The show, which been held annually since 1837, is the largest agricultural show in England
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FEATURE - Tiere herausgeputzt für die Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate
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Handlers show their Teeswater sheep at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK
158th Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate, UK - 12 Jul 2016
The show, which been held annually since 1837, is the largest agricultural show in England
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REPORTAGE - Ratten suchen Landminen in Kambodscha
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Ms. Sophea (28) cleans the herorats environment at the Apopos headquarters in Siem Reap Province. The manintenance and nutrition of the herorats is a very important process of the MDR handlers daily work.
Landmine-sniffing rats, Cambodia - 15 Apr 2016
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Cambodia is combating its landmine problem - with rats.
After more than two decades of civil war, the kingdom is one of the most landmine-affected countries in the world.
Now they hope to sniff away their past thanks to rodents that are able to detect the buried threats.
Photojournalist Claudio Montesano Casillas visited the affected area this month (April) to capture the so-called Hero Rats in action.
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REPORTAGE - Ratten suchen Landminen in Kambodscha
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MDR handlers and the herorats in action exploring and clearing the limited area. On average a herorat explores in 30 minutes a box of 20 squared metres and on a daily average clears 10 boxes
Landmine-sniffing rats, Cambodia - 15 Apr 2016
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Cambodia is combating its landmine problem - with rats.
After more than two decades of civil war, the kingdom is one of the most landmine-affected countries in the world.
Now they hope to sniff away their past thanks to rodents that are able to detect the buried threats.
Photojournalist Claudio Montesano Casillas visited the affected area this month (April) to capture the so-called Hero Rats in action.
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REPORTAGE - Ratten suchen Landminen in Kambodscha
MANDATORY CREDIT: Claudio Montesano Casillas/Rex Shutterstock. Only for use in this story. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
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MDR handlers and the herorats in action exploring and clearing the limited area. On average a herorat explores in 30 minutes a box of 20 squared metres and on a daily average clears 10 boxes
Landmine-sniffing rats, Cambodia - 15 Apr 2016
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Cambodia is combating its landmine problem - with rats.
After more than two decades of civil war, the kingdom is one of the most landmine-affected countries in the world.
Now they hope to sniff away their past thanks to rodents that are able to detect the buried threats.
Photojournalist Claudio Montesano Casillas visited the affected area this month (April) to capture the so-called Hero Rats in action.
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REPORTAGE - Ratten suchen Landminen in Kambodscha
MANDATORY CREDIT: Claudio Montesano Casillas/Rex Shutterstock. Only for use in this story. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Claudio Montesano Casillas/REX/Shutterstock (5647256u)
MDR handlers and the Hero Rats in action exploring and clearing the limited area. On average a herorat explores in 30 minutes a box of 20 squared metres and on a daily average clears 10 boxes
Landmine-sniffing rats, Cambodia - 15 Apr 2016
FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/s8ig
Cambodia is combating its landmine problem - with rats.
After more than two decades of civil war, the kingdom is one of the most landmine-affected countries in the world.
Now they hope to sniff away their past thanks to rodents that are able to detect the buried threats.
Photojournalist Claudio Montesano Casillas visited the affected area this month (April) to capture the so-called Hero Rats in action.
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Mariah Carey enjoys quality time with the kids in sunny Malibu
Malibu, CA - Mariah Carey enjoys a Sunday outing with her kids Moroccan and Monroe during a break from her Las Vegas residency. The twin kids were wrapped in towels after a swim in one of the neighbor¿s pool. Mariah looked relaxed as she was surrounded by her entourage.
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Mariah Carey enjoys quality time with the kids in sunny Malibu
Malibu, CA - Mariah Carey enjoys a Sunday outing with her kids Moroccan and Monroe during a break from her Las Vegas residency. The twin kids were wrapped in towels after a swim in one of the neighbor¿s pool. Mariah looked relaxed as she was surrounded by her entourage.
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Mariah Carey enjoys quality time with the kids in sunny Malibu
Malibu, CA - Mariah Carey enjoys a Sunday outing with her kids Moroccan and Monroe during a break from her Las Vegas residency. The twin kids were wrapped in towels after a swim in one of the neighbor¿s pool. Mariah looked relaxed as she was surrounded by her entourage.
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Mariah Carey enjoys quality time with the kids in sunny Malibu
Malibu, CA - Mariah Carey enjoys a Sunday outing with her kids Moroccan and Monroe during a break from her Las Vegas residency. The twin kids were wrapped in towels after a swim in one of the neighbor¿s pool. Mariah looked relaxed as she was surrounded by her entourage.
AKM-GSI August 2, 2015
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Mariah Carey enjoys quality time with the kids in sunny Malibu
Malibu, CA - Mariah Carey enjoys a Sunday outing with her kids Moroccan and Monroe during a break from her Las Vegas residency. The twin kids were wrapped in towels after a swim in one of the neighbor¿s pool. Mariah looked relaxed as she was surrounded by her entourage.
AKM-GSI August 2, 2015
To License These Photos, Please Contact :
Steve Ginsburg
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Mariah Carey enjoys quality time with the kids in sunny Malibu
Malibu, CA - Mariah Carey enjoys a Sunday outing with her kids Moroccan and Monroe during a break from her Las Vegas residency. The twin kids were wrapped in towels after a swim in one of the neighbor¿s pool. Mariah looked relaxed as she was surrounded by her entourage.
AKM-GSI August 2, 2015
To License These Photos, Please Contact :
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Mariah Carey enjoys quality time with the kids in sunny Malibu
Malibu, CA - Mariah Carey enjoys a Sunday outing with her kids Moroccan and Monroe during a break from her Las Vegas residency. The twin kids were wrapped in towels after a swim in one of the neighbor¿s pool. Mariah looked relaxed as she was surrounded by her entourage.
AKM-GSI August 2, 2015
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Mariah Carey enjoys quality time with the kids in sunny Malibu
Malibu, CA - Mariah Carey enjoys a Sunday outing with her kids Moroccan and Monroe during a break from her Las Vegas residency. The twin kids were wrapped in towels after a swim in one of the neighbor¿s pool. Mariah looked relaxed as she was surrounded by her entourage.
AKM-GSI August 2, 2015
To License These Photos, Please Contact :
Steve Ginsburg
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The biggest swan round up in the UK at the Fleet nature Reserve in Dorset, Britain - 23 Jul 2011
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Team of handlers weigh the swans
The biggest swan round up in the UK at the Fleet nature Reserve in Dorset, Britain - 23 Jul 2011
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The biggest swan round up in the UK at the Fleet nature Reserve in Dorset, Britain - 23 Jul 2011
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Team of handlers weigh the swans
The biggest swan round up in the UK at the Fleet nature Reserve in Dorset, Britain - 23 Jul 2011
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The biggest swan round up in the UK at the Fleet nature Reserve in Dorset, Britain - 23 Jul 2011
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Volunteers during the swan round up
The biggest swan round up in the UK
The biggest swan round up in the UK has just taken place early this morning(sat) at the Fleet nature Reserve in Dorset. (collective noun: a lamentation of swans or herd).
Some 500 wild swans were corralled and slowly driven to a landing point at The Abbotsbury Swannery at the end of the waterway that lies just inside Chesil Beach on the Jurassic coast. Hundreds of volunteers of all ages walked to nearly waist deep in order to help keep the swans moving in the right direction.
The giant birds at this time of year are mainly flightless due to them moulting their feathers so they can be very carefully encouraged up the shallow tidal water to a place where a team of handlers can examine, weigh and ring the birds.
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VTMYCGLSZ (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Rare Baudet de Poitou dreadlocked donkey learns to walk, Charente, France - 04 Jun 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gavin Rodgers / Rex Features ( 1338415h )
Learning To Walk Can Be A Hair Raising Experience
Learning to walk is a difficult enough skill to master even without the added risk of tripping over your own hair.
So little Baudet de Poitou donkey Belle should be grateful she hasn't yet developed the unusual dreadlocks that are characteristic of her rare breed.
The youngster and her long haired mother Lorelei are part of a herd being reared at a donkey sanctuary in Poitou-Charente, France.
And little Belle is still finding her feet - ably helped by mum and two humans handlers - after being born three days ago.
Despite being a little wobbly, that hasn't stopped Belle from happily prancing round her paddock.
However, when it comes to getting back to her stable for a well deserved rest the 88lb (5.5st) baby needs a little help - having to be carried up the steps by 20-year-old handler Melanie.
While she is closely cropped now Belle can rest assured that in time she will look just like mum - with the same luscious locks to be proud of.
La Baudet normally give birth to a foal every four years, following a gestation period of 12-and-a-half months.
They are believed to be one of the oldest donkey species in the world - thought to have existed in France since the Roman occupation of 54BC.
With only 50 foals born worldwide every year, the species is now even rarer than both white rhinos and giant pandas.
Sometime referred to as "woolly mammoth" donkeys, the rare breed nearly became extinct in 1978 when their population shrank to just 48 in the world.
Once common, their numbers declined with the advent of the railways and the introduction of mechanisation to farming.
After World War II many were also killed in order to feed the starving French population.
Nowadays, thanks to the kind of conservation efforts that have produced Lore...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/QLPEHHANJ
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Rare Baudet de Poitou dreadlocked donkey learns to walk, Charente, France - 04 Jun 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gavin Rodgers / Rex Features ( 1338415f )
Learning To Walk Can Be A Hair Raising Experience
Learning to walk is a difficult enough skill to master even without the added risk of tripping over your own hair.
So little Baudet de Poitou donkey Belle should be grateful she hasn't yet developed the unusual dreadlocks that are characteristic of her rare breed.
The youngster and her long haired mother Lorelei are part of a herd being reared at a donkey sanctuary in Poitou-Charente, France.
And little Belle is still finding her feet - ably helped by mum and two humans handlers - after being born three days ago.
Despite being a little wobbly, that hasn't stopped Belle from happily prancing round her paddock.
However, when it comes to getting back to her stable for a well deserved rest the 88lb (5.5st) baby needs a little help - having to be carried up the steps by 20-year-old handler Melanie.
While she is closely cropped now Belle can rest assured that in time she will look just like mum - with the same luscious locks to be proud of.
La Baudet normally give birth to a foal every four years, following a gestation period of 12-and-a-half months.
They are believed to be one of the oldest donkey species in the world - thought to have existed in France since the Roman occupation of 54BC.
With only 50 foals born worldwide every year, the species is now even rarer than both white rhinos and giant pandas.
Sometime referred to as "woolly mammoth" donkeys, the rare breed nearly became extinct in 1978 when their population shrank to just 48 in the world.
Once common, their numbers declined with the advent of the railways and the introduction of mechanisation to farming.
After World War II many were also killed in order to feed the starving French population.
Nowadays, thanks to the kind of conservation efforts that have produced Lore...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/QLPEHHANJ
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Rare Baudet de Poitou dreadlocked donkey learns to walk, Charente, France - 04 Jun 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gavin Rodgers / Rex Features ( 1338415g )
Learning To Walk Can Be A Hair Raising Experience
Learning to walk is a difficult enough skill to master even without the added risk of tripping over your own hair.
So little Baudet de Poitou donkey Belle should be grateful she hasn't yet developed the unusual dreadlocks that are characteristic of her rare breed.
The youngster and her long haired mother Lorelei are part of a herd being reared at a donkey sanctuary in Poitou-Charente, France.
And little Belle is still finding her feet - ably helped by mum and two humans handlers - after being born three days ago.
Despite being a little wobbly, that hasn't stopped Belle from happily prancing round her paddock.
However, when it comes to getting back to her stable for a well deserved rest the 88lb (5.5st) baby needs a little help - having to be carried up the steps by 20-year-old handler Melanie.
While she is closely cropped now Belle can rest assured that in time she will look just like mum - with the same luscious locks to be proud of.
La Baudet normally give birth to a foal every four years, following a gestation period of 12-and-a-half months.
They are believed to be one of the oldest donkey species in the world - thought to have existed in France since the Roman occupation of 54BC.
With only 50 foals born worldwide every year, the species is now even rarer than both white rhinos and giant pandas.
Sometime referred to as "woolly mammoth" donkeys, the rare breed nearly became extinct in 1978 when their population shrank to just 48 in the world.
Once common, their numbers declined with the advent of the railways and the introduction of mechanisation to farming.
After World War II many were also killed in order to feed the starving French population.
Nowadays, thanks to the kind of conservation efforts that have produced Lore...
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