In the Municipality of Scarlino you can approach a donkey and coddle it
If you feed it, it will quickly become your friend. The Podere Ponte alle Catene in the Puntone di Scarlino hamlet is an institution for all the Tuscan Maremma. Here, in fact, Bandite di Scarlino, a regional body of which the Municipality of Scarlino is the leading, has for some time been breeding a very particular breed of donkey: the "miccio amiatino". All the livestock animals are kept in the wild and there's more. The donkey milk was the protagonist of a project that involved the "Meyer" university hospital in Florence, the faculty of veterinary medicine in Pisa, the experimental zooprophylactic institute of Lazio and Tuscany, which led to the certification of the product, a valuable substitute of cow's milk for infants suffering from lactose intolerance. The use of donkey milk is not limited to the pediatric field: it is also used in geriatric nutrition and in the cosmetic industry. The market demand is also increasing due to the high digestibility value that donkey milk has, but also for its low fat content, as well as for the fact that it is a natural antibacterial and contains vitamin D and calcium. In short, a real nectar. The livestock stable is designed by the University of Pisa STPA/Scienze delle tecnologie e delle produzioni animali (Science of technologies and animal production): here and in the field Amiata donkeys wander undisturbed. But they are not shy, quite the contrary. This animal is very sociable, it loves being in the company of the human being, but it feels if you are afraid and therefore it stays away from you. It has soft, fluffy hair and loves being scraped on the head. If you get down on your knees it will trust you even more and will approach you fearlessly.
Among the possibilities that the territory of Scarlino offers to nature lovers there is the donkey trekking, an unmissable opportunity to stay in close contact with these animals during a journey in which we will proceed alongside them and they will kindly carry our backpack. For a quote about the route with the donkeys, contact by e-mail
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TO ARRIVE
Fattoria di Ponte alle Catene, via delle Collacchie, Puntone di Scarlino (Grosseto).
