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Hikers and bicyclists should stop on the side of the trail while horseback riders or pack animals pass, the agency said.—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026 Dogs are not pack animals in the way wolves are.—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026 Like the Nazis in the closing stages of WWII, the Russians have found that shortages of vehicles and maintenance issues are making pack animals a practical alternative.—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026 The few visible trails had been kept open by the passage of wild donkeys descended from colonial-era pack animals.—Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pack animal