Donkeys grazing outside Goldox export Slaughter house at Chemogoch area, Mogotio in Baringo. [File/Standard] A new report has revealed the growing toll of the global donkey skin trade on African ...

Africa is home to the highest number of donkeys in the world: about two-thirds of the estimated global population of 53 million donkeys in 2020. Exact figures on how many hides are exported to China ...

DAKAR, Senegal — For years, Chinese companies and their contractors have been slaughtering millions of donkeys across Africa, coveting gelatin from the animals’ hides that is processed into ...

At a recent summit in Ethiopia, the African Union (AU) decided to approve a 15-year continent-wide ban on the slaughter of donkeys for their hides. Donkey hides are a key component of the Traditional ...

Recently, I heard about a traditional Chinese medicine that comes from donkey skin and that this has led to a fair amount of abuse of these creatures around the world. Is this true? I cannot help but ...

The Donkey Sanctuary has joined forces with Emirates to highlight the risks posed by the transportation of donkey skins in air cargo. Working together, The Donkey Sanctuary and Emirates have ...

Over six million donkeys are brutally slaughtered every year to make a Chinese youth serum, a charity has warned. The animals are killed for their hides, which are boiled down to make 'ejiao' - a ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they assert ...