The last of Hawaii's wild donkeys to be prepared for adoption

HONOLULU – The last 50 wild donkeys on Hawaii's Big Island will be rounded up to mark the final step in a six-year effort to get them in adoptive homes. The donkeys are the last of more than 500 who were cast-offs from the early days of Hawaii coffee and agricultural plantations. When drought conditions forced the donkeys into residential areas in search of water, the herd became a problem when the animals started going into roadways, tearing up golf courses and drinking out of swimming pools, said Inga Gibson, Hawaii state director for the Humane Society of the United States. Fox News/AP...