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    20 hours ago

    A donkey needs to eat. Grass is free in summer but limited. You need a lot of land to grow that grass. the donkey needs to eat even when you don’t use it. Oil in modern cars are a lot cheaper for the amount of work you get. Acoup.org has a lot more details on how hard horse logistics are.

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        13 hours ago

        That is an option, though troops on the front lines processing meat are sure to die as they are not moving and thus become an easy target.

        Donkeys also are hard to produce - I don’t know enough details of their breeding cycle that say much here, but the limits should be obvious.