Majorera donkey

The Majorera is an endangered breed of small domestic donkey indigenous to the Canary Islands, the Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic off the coast of southern Morocco.

It is present in all six municipalities of Fuerteventura – Antigua, Betancuria, La Oliva, Pájara, Puerto del Rosario and Tuineje[6]: 436  – but particularly in Maxorata, the northern part of the island.

[8]: 33  Of the 250–300 donkeys in Gran Canaria, it is estimated that about half are of this breed, and about 50 are thought to be in El Hierro;[9] a small number are on Lanzarote, and a few on the other islands.

[4][10] From 1997 the Majorera was listed by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, the Spanish ministry of agriculture, as "under special protection, in danger of extinction".

[2]: 46  Two associations are involved in efforts to conserve the breed: the Asociación Soo Grupo para la Conservación y Fomento del Burro Majorero in Fuerteventura and the Asociación Feria Equina La Culata in Gran Canaria; in 2019 there were 29 jacks and 112 jennies recorded in the herd-book.