With "Shrek 5" set for release next summer, Universal and DreamWorks plan to keep mining the 2000s animated franchise with "Donkey," an origin story prequel about Shrek's wisecracking "noble steed," who will be voiced as always by Eddie Murphy.

TikToker Letto Lee (@letolee) lives in Texas, where it's not unusual for her older kids to bring home animals they've found alone and in need of help. On the last day of May, her sons were walking home early in the morning when they spotted an abandoned donkey tied to a fence post.

A wildlife park in eastern China is facing widespread criticism after visitors discovered one of its zebras was actually a donkey with crudely painted stripes. The park defended the act as a light-hearted "cosplay" attraction,