At first they used donkeys, but as the siege ran on, food became scarce and the donkeys ended up in the kitchen.

This replaced the old system of using donkeys to carry harvested grapes over the 400 m high pass of the mountain.

He said they were using helicopters as well as donkeys and mules to try to plug exit points.

'They'd use donkeys and slaves,' Southwick said.

Save the Children is using helicopters, donkeys and boats to deliver doctors and medical supplies to families cut off by the water.

Some also buy water from vendors who use donkeys, bicycles or trucks to get water to their customers.

For everything else, they used donkeys.

There are no cars on Hydra, and islanders still use donkeys.

You cant have an economy where farmers still use donkeys, enjoying a currency value on the same level as Germany for instance.

Farmers in these parts have used donkeys, dogs, traps, snares, even night vision glasses to combat the wily predators, to little avail.