To state park officials, [Burros] are a destructive, invasive menace that cross over from Mexico with disease, foul streams and threaten native plants and wildlife, and should be eliminated. Park rangers have shot and killed more than 120 of the beasts….

In Alpine, “Burro Friendly” stickers appear in the windows of downtown shops and burro talk buzzes through coffee shops. Last month, more than three dozen people attended a pro-burro rally here. A local rancher brought along Liberty, a 5-month-old, gray-furred rescue burro.

Attendees suggested alternatives to killing burros, including darting and sterilizing them, and read burro-inspired poems.

– Rick Jervis, USA Today.

I can practically promise this is the most comprehensive feature you will read today about the escalating tension between pro- and anti-burro factions in Alpine, Texas.

Also, I’d really like to see some of the burro-inspired poetry.

Lastly, it’s important to remember that from “burro” we get “burrito,” the tiny delicious donkey that so frequently captures our imaginations.

For that reason, I think I need to come down on the side of the burro defenders. That and the opportunity to yell, “there are dozens of us!” Save the burros.