Take one look at a Poitou donkey and you will fall in love. Meet one and you will be in love for life. About an hour west of La Rochelle, in the quiet village of Dampierre-Sur-Boutonne you can find the the L’Asinerie du Baudet du Poitou. It is a public center on a historic farm dedicated to the conservation of the Poitou donkey. In the 1970s, the Poitou population was down to only 44 individual animals. One of the largest herds belonged to Suzanne Auger on her farm, La Tillauderie, which…
