Why would anyone think this was a good idea?  I would have been horrified to see this and feel sick for the poor traumatised donkey.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10695037  How could anyone be so stupid?

They do stupid things because they are stupid.
Having witnessed the treatment of baby brown bears, chained and muzzled and used as photographers props while equally stupid people have their pictures taken with them and also poor little capuchin monkeys, it's a country I never wish to visit again.
I understand lots of places do the same things but in this day and age it is totally unacceptable. How I didn't explode and the Brits and Americans I saw having their pics taken I don't know.