The day after our extended conversation in the gorge, featured in the main episode, we headed out to where the donkeys do their work. As mentioned in that main episode, it’s crunch time in many ways for this great story of regeneration. And by extension, for all of us, as a shoot order hangs over the donkeys’ heads. So we head out to take a closer look for ourselves at how the Henggelers are managing these wild donkeys for regeneration.
It’s a fascinating deep dive into how this works, with some moving exchanges on the sentience of these creatures, and the possibilities available to us if we can find a way to work differently with them. And with each other.
Let’s jump in the beat up old ute, and head over to the upper ranges for a walk.
Dedicated to Ava, Chris and Jacqueline’s third grandchild, who was born on the morning of this conversation.
Title slide: Chris Henggeler and Anthony James on an upper range where the donkeys do their work (pic: Olivia Cheng).
Find more:
You can hear more of Chris and I in conversation, from the days prior to this journey to the donkeys, in the main episode: ‘Wanted Land Doctors: Re-hydrating landscapes, reversing desertification & rebuilding wealth’. You’ll find a series of links in the show notes there too. And an extensive selection of photos (I’ve added a few more today too, from where we were talking in this Extra).
You can also hear the 2nd and final part to this series at Kachana, out next week.
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