Friends at Work: Would You Put Yourself in His Shoes?

Photographer Arjan Haverkamp saw nothing unusual about this scene at the Dierenpark Amersfoort (zoo) in The Netherlands. I think he was curious about the donkey's hooves. When I saw the photo, all I could see was the farrier's shoes!




Yes, Arjan tells me, it is a good idea for farriers to wear the traditional Dutch wooden shoes when they work around horses. "The wooden shoes give good