# Cyprus donkey

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Breed of donkey

Cyprus donkey Cyprus donkeys Country of origin Cyprus Donkey Equus asinus

The **Cyprus donkey** is the donkey breed of the Mediterranean island of [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus).[1] There are two principal strains: a large dark-coloured type with a pale belly, probably of European origin; and a small grey African type which represents about 20% of the total population, which in 2002 was estimated at 2200–2700.[2]: 26

The Cypriot donkey was an integral component of rural life from prehistoric times until the 20th century. [Archimandrite Kyprianos](/source/Archimandrite_Kyprianos) in 1788 records that feral donkeys existed in the mountainous regions of [Akamas](/source/Akamas) and [Karpasia](/source/Karpas_Peninsula).[3]

Some hundreds of Cyprus donkeys live in a [feral](/source/Feral) state on the [Karpass Peninsula](/source/Karpass_Peninsula) in the Turkish-controlled northern part of Cyprus. They were abandoned there by [Greek Cypriot](/source/Greek_Cypriot) farmers during the [Turkish invasion](/source/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus) in 1974. In 2008, a group of Greek and [Turkish Cypriots](/source/Turkish_Cypriots) organized to save the animals from extinction after ten of them were found shot dead.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dad_1-0)** [Breed data sheet: Cyprus/Cyprus](http://dad.fao.org/). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed December 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mon_2-0)** Waltraud Kugler, Hans-Peter Grunenfelder, Elli Broxham (2008). [*Donkey Breeds in Europe: Inventory, Description, Need for Action, Conservation; Report 2007/2008*](https://web.archive.org/web/20090902110918/http://www.save-foundation.net/pdf/donkey.pdf). St. Gallen, Switzerland: Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe. Archived 2 September 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Αρχιμανδρίτης Κυπριανός (1788). [*Iστορία Xρονολογική της Nήσου Kύπρου*](https://anemi.lib.uoc.gr/metadata/9/7/6/metadata-155-0000109.tkl). Eνετίησιν: Παρά Νικολάω Γλυκεί τω εξ Ιωαννίνων. p. 369.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Donkey Campaign Unites Cypriots"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7361353.stm). London: [BBC](/source/BBC). 22 April 2008. Accessed November 2016.

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