Donkey instead of the ass; at the end, Zhirinovsky beat Proshka with a whip, made the ass move and had a ride on him through the snow-covered backyard of his dacha. International organisations People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and World Animal Protection have accused Zhirinovsky of cruelty to animals. Zhirinovsky replied to the assertions by stating that similar treatment is commonplace in the Arab world and claimed that his ass has been treated "better than many people". Donkey The donkey or ass ("Equus africanus asinus") is a domesticated member of the horse family, Equidae. The wild ancestor of
Equus Press Equus Press London- and Prague-based Equus Press (Écriture en Quête d’Usage), founded in 2011, focuses on publishing experimental Anglophone writers and is concerned primarily with English language writing from outside of normal English-speaking areas. Since it was established, Equus Press has published the works of such as authors Louis Armand, Thor Garcia, Ken Nash, and Damien Ober. In April 2013, Equus Press published "Louis XXX" (Georges Bataille) in a translation by Stuart Kendall. 2014 saw the release of "Cairo" (Louis Armand), a novel shortlisted for the 2014 "Guardian" Not-the-Booker Prize, and the novel "Doctor Benjamin Franklin’s Dream America" (Damien Ober)