Except for this smashing article!
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110713/NEWS02/110713031/Fire-damages-barn-Addison-miniature-donkey-farm?odyssey=mod
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That's right, apparantly one of Vermont's most treasured resources, the miniature donkey, is in mortal danger of spontaneously combusting. Worse, the local Fire Chief is quoted as saying that the event "is not a rare thing."
Good luck sleeping tonight with this sort of craziness going on.