Donkey freed from jail after assault

[Pat McCotter]

Mexico

Donkey freed from jail after assault 
The Associated Press
May 22, 2008 - 12:00 am

A Mexican donkey has been freed from jail after doing time for acting like a jackass.

The Televisa network yesterday showed "Blacky" gobbling food from a bucket after spending three days in a jail that normally holds people.

Blacky was jailed for biting and kicking two men near a ranch outside Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of Chiapas state.

Officials freed the donkey after its owner paid a fine of $36 and the $115 hospital bill of the men, who suffered bites to the chest and a broken ankle. Authorities say he also must pay $480 to each man for missed work days.