For insurance purposes the Arabs had a simple solution when hitting Camels or Donkeys, during the day it's the drivers fault, night time the animals.
A friend of mine in Dubai killed a Donkey at night with his Mercedes, made a right mess of the car. Once the police completed the paperwork they asked if he wanted to take the dead Donkey home, apparently very tasty when barbecued . Needless to say he declined.
"Sometimes I sits and thinks, and then again I just sits" Punch 24th Oct 1906