Group Wants To Preserve Tijuana's Iconic Zonkeys Jill Replogle - Fronteras Desk
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Reporter Jill Replogle poses with Roberto Lango, from the Tijuana preservation group Uni2, on one of Tijuana's iconic zonkeys. (Ana Luisa Ley)

Some people call them zonkeys, or, in Spanish, “los burrocebras.”

No, they’re not really an exotic species whose local habitat is confined to the hot, gum-stained sidewalks outside the bars and curio shops of Tijuana’s Avenida Revolución.

But the fake zonkeys are probably Tijuana’s most enduring cultural icon.

As the centennial of the zonkey approaches, preservationists held a conference in Tijuana’s city hall to talk about the history of the beasts.

The first known photo of a tourist posing with a donkey in Tijuana is from 1914.

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