Sleeping with Donkeys

“A 10-year-old girl who spent the night alone in a barn with about 10 donkeys on the South Side was found this morning just before 8 a.m. after a team of Spokane police officers and volunteers combed her neighborhood throughout the night.” http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/sep/14/police-girl-spent-night-outbuilding/

I can’t imagine how frightened this girl’s parents must have been. Thank goodness for happy endings, but this story does raise the question: why so many donkeys on the south side? Isn’t that traditionally Republican territory?