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India-Pakistan
Cash-Strapped Pakistan Expects to Earn Millions by Exporting Donkeys to China
2019-02-01
[Breitbart] Pakistan expects to profit from its donkey population, the third highest in the world, by selling the animals to its ally China, a move that would generate millions of dollars annually in foreign exchange, the livestock department of the South Asian country’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province reportedly announced on Thursday.

In a bid to increase the country’s exports, unnamed officials from the KP livestock department announced plans to establish donkey farms in the province’s DI Khan and Maneshra region in coordination with China, described as the first of their kind in the country, GEO TV reports.

"Agreements will be signed with the Chinese government as well as registered companies," GEO quotes KP officials as saying.

China highly prizes donkeys, mainly for their hide used for traditional medicines.

"Gelatin made from donkey skin has been long considered to have medicinal properties in China, traditionally being thought to nourish the blood, enhance the immune system and even prolong one’s life," Gulf News notes.

KP officials said foreign countries like China had expressed a desire to invest hundreds of millions on donkey farms in Pakistan.
Posted by:Besoeker

#11  Granted they won't do much work but we could give them away cheap.

Just keep them fed on whine and cheese.
Posted by: gorb   2019-02-01 15:40  

#10  Donkeys probably destined first for food, then skinned for their hides.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-02-01 14:20  

#9  Wow, we could clean out a lot of DC and Cali if they'd take our Donks.

Granted they won't do much work but we could give them away cheap.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-02-01 14:05  

#8  Ideal for transporting opium over remote mountain passes. Posted by Abu Uluque

I see we've enjoyed some of the same movies.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-02-01 14:02  

#7  Ideal for transporting opium over remote mountain passes.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-02-01 13:57  

#6  Pakistani donkeys - specially breed for bomb delivery?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-02-01 12:23  

#5  Sorry, couldn't resist before heading off to my room.
Posted by: gorb   2019-02-01 12:05  

#4  Yeah. We have better donkeys. Ours have some genetic mutations that make them stubborn and stupid.
Posted by: gorb   2019-02-01 12:04  

#3  Where are they getting the donkeys, can we send some of ours?
Posted by: Sneamp Sinatra8885   2019-02-01 09:59  

#2  to your room, Gorb
Posted by: Frank G   2019-02-01 07:09  

#1  China may not like Pakistan trying to burro their way into the economy.
Posted by: gorb   2019-02-01 06:47  

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