National Geographic reports on Spanish brigades that put donkeys and other grazing livestock to work eating down the dry brush that feeds wildfires, including a herd from the group El Burrito Feliz at Doñana National Park.
Supporters credit the grazing with keeping Doñana free of any recorded wildfire for nine years, even as fires worsen elsewhere in Spain — an ancient practice offered as a modern tool for a hotter, drier landscape.
Posted: August 29, 2026