The emergence of free-roaming donkey (Equus asinus) populations globally has brought novel challenges for conservationists, land managers, and those concerned about animal welfare. We provide a review of the scientific literature pertaining to the place and role of free-roaming donkeys from 1950 until 2020. Using quantitative and qualitative techniques, namely categorical and thematic analysis and critical discourse analysis, to review >100 articles, we critically examine the logics and rationales that are used to either support or denounce donkey presence in particular landscapes and discuss their place and role in different ecological contexts. Free-roaming donkeys are largely understudied and clouded by dichotomous points of view, different conservation agendas, and the presence of other species in donkey habitat. There is an important need for more in-depth, site-specific studies on free-roaming donkeys that draw on tools and techniques from across the social and natural sciences. Such efforts would offer a richer, more holistic, and comprehensive picture of free-roaming donkeys that consider both human and animal perspectives and the wider environment. This has important implications for generating long-term sustainable management solutions for free-roaming donkeys. © 2021 The Authors. The Journal of Wildlife Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Wildlife Society.

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自由漫游驴的科学和知识——批判性评论

自由漫游驴（Equus asinus ）的出现) 全球人口给环保主义者、土地管理者和关注动物福利的人带来了新的挑战。我们回顾了 1950 年至 2020 年有关自由漫游驴的位置和作用的科学文献。使用定量和定性技术，即分类和主题分析以及批判性话语分析，对 100 多篇文章进行了批判性审查用于支持或谴责驴在特定景观中存在的逻辑和基本原理，并讨论它们在不同生态环境中的位置和作用。自由漫游的驴在很大程度上没有得到充分的研究，并且被二分法的观点、不同的保护议程以及驴栖息地中其他物种的存在所笼罩。有一个更深入的重要需求，利用社会科学和自然科学的工具和技术对自由漫游的驴进行特定地点的研究。这些努力将为自由漫游的驴提供更丰富、更全面和全面的图片，同时考虑人类和动物的观点以及更广泛的环境。这对于为自由漫游的驴产生长期可持续的管理解决方案具有重要意义。© 2021 作者。由 Wiley Periodicals LLC 代表野生动物协会出版的《野生动物管理杂志》。