{"id":371486,"date":"2026-07-25T01:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=371486"},"modified":"2026-07-25T01:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:53:10","slug":"meet-the-donkey-brigade-thats-helping-curb-wildfires-in-spain-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/meet-the-donkey-brigade-thats-helping-curb-wildfires-in-spain-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the donkey brigade that\u2019s helping curb wildfires in Spain &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>As wildfires rage across North America and southern Europe, an unlikely firefighting force helps prevent devastating blazes in Spain\u2019s Catalan countryside: a herd of rescue donkeys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tivissadonkeys.cat\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tivissa Donkeys Firefighters,<\/a> a Catalan charity, has taken fire management into its own hands by rescuing 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management by grazing on flammable undergrowth, which helps prevent fires and aids in fire-extinguishing efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Spain has had about 114,796 hectares of forest burn for the reason that start of 2026 through to July 24, in accordance with data from its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miteco.gob.es\/es\/biodiversidad\/temas\/incendios-forestales\/estadisticas-avances.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge<\/a> (MITECO), but animals have proven to be an efficient tool for creating natural firebreaks by grazing on dry vegetation that fuels fast-moving fires.<\/p>\n<p>Canada can be facing one among its worst wildfire seasons on record, with nearly 800 lively fires in accordance with the federal government\u2019s <a 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It has also deployed grazing animals as a way of fireplace prevention prior to now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get every day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get every day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you will never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Using grazing animals has proven effective in parts of Europe, in accordance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/cinea.ec.europa.eu\/news-events\/news\/life-projects-turn-grazing-prevent-forest-fires-2026-03-17_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency<\/a>, and is bolstered by widely used high-tech strategies, including satellite monitoring and drones to trace the spread, in addition to aerial firefighting tools and systems to predict the trail of lively blazes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a lesser-used tactic domestically, grazing animals have long been deployed as a standard tool for fire prevention, especially within the Mediterranean, where dense dry brush and vegetation \u2014 a natural fuel for fires \u2014 abounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe forests provide them with food they usually thank them by protecting the space from possible fires,\u201d the Tivissa Donkeys Firefighters website says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The non-profit\u2019s founder, Joan Ced\u00f3 Sans, began rescuing donkeys in 2020 and now has a herd of greater than 60, half of whom are members of the fireplace brigade. The members are <a href=\"https:\/\/tivissadonkeys.cat\/la-brigada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">named and listed on the organization\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Trending<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Amongst them is\u00a0Roberto, a former racing donkey, who&#8217;s described as having a \u201ccalm and peaceful character,\u201d and Nelson, who shows \u201ca fantastic protective but in addition dominant character,\u201d and Eleanor, who&#8217;s \u201cadapting\u201d and \u201cvery quickly will probably be a superb firefighter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the animals that we feel deserve a second opportunity,\u201d Ced\u00f3 told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/europe\/firefighters-donkeys-spain-c2e-spc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Ced\u00f3 first used donkeys to assist clear land he owned that was scorched by fires in 2013, telling the U.S. news agency that they \u201cate the whole lot,\u201d which led to the full-scale donkey-led operation lively within the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The arrangement is mutually useful, Ced\u00f3 added, explaining that it provides the donkeys with a dignified life and a sustainable solution to wildfire prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Research shows that while the danger of fires can\u2019t be eliminated, grazing can reduce the speed at which fires spread and make them easier to manage and extinguish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManagement of overstory composition and structure, understory vegetation, and grazing can reduce fuel loads and potential wildfire risk,\u201d in accordance with an article published within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-024-56104-3#ref-CR28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scientific Reports Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The technique needs to be used along side other strategies, reminiscent of mechanical thinning and pruning of biomass and controlled burning of land carried out by specialized personnel, forestry engineer and professor Jose Vicente Oliver told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have linked increasingly severe wildfire seasons across southern Europe to \u200bclimate change. 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