Morocco Donkeys !!

A great article titled "Morocco's Extraordinary Donkeys" was published by smithsonian magazine, September 2009 issue in travel section. The article explores Donkeys role in Moroccan society and Fez in Particluar. ( see below for a preview).

The medina in Fez may well be the largest urbanized area in the world impassable to cars and trucks, where anything that a human being can't carry or push in a handcart is conveyed by a donkey, a horse or a mule. If you need lumber and rebar to add a new room to your house in the medina, a donkey will carry it in for you. If you have a heart attack while building the new room on your house, a donkey might well serve as your ambulance and carry you out.

Read more here.