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    BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhuanet) -- A donkey in Mexico that acted like a jackass has been freed after spending three days in jail.

    The Televisa network on Wednesday showed Blacky gobbling food from a bucket after spending three days in a jail that usually holds people for public drunkenness and other disturbances.

    Blacky was jailed for biting and kicking two men near a ranch outside Tuxtla Gutierrez, the capital of the southern state of Chiapas.

    Officials freed the donkey after its owner paid a fine of 36 U.S. dollars and the 115 dollar hospital bill of the men, who suffered bites to the chest and a broken ankle. Authorities say he also must pay 480 dollars to each man for missed work days.

    The victims said the donkey bit Genaro Vazquez, 63, in the chest on Sunday and then kicked 52-year-old Andres Hernandez as he tried to come to the rescue, fracturing his ankle.

    "All of a sudden, the animal was on top of us like it was rabid," Hernandez said.

    Police said it took a half-dozen men to control the enraged animal.

    Chiapas police have thrown animals in the slammer before, including a bull that devoured corn crops and destroyed two wooden vending stands in March. In 2006, a dog was locked up for 12 days after biting someone. His owners were fined 18 dollars.

    (Agencies)