Spain’s donkey brigade has kept Doñana fire-free for nine years

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM By August 2025, fires had consumed nearly one million hectares (roughly 2.47 million acres) across Spain, the worst toll in three decades. Six regions, including Castilla y León, Galicia, and Andalusia, were declared disaster zones. The causes are familiar: decades of rural depopulation, the abandonment of traditional grazing, and [...] The post Spain’s donkey brigade has kept Doñana fire-free for nine years first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News .