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2019-11-26 Science & Technology
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Production of Chinese ejiao medicine, the downside
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 [H&H] DonkeysThe Donkey Sanctuary
Donkey populations are being pushed to the brink of collapse by the demand for their skins, a leading charity has warned.
Millions of donkeys each year are being stolen, transported and killed as traders harvest their hides to export as an ingredient for the traditional Chinese medicine ejiao.
The Donkey Sanctuary has reported that the animals are in a state of "global crisis" and has called on governments to put an urgent halt to the trade.
In an update to itsUnder The Skin campaign, the charity revealed that local populations have been "virtually wiped out" in several countries as the numbers being slaughtered are "unsustainable".
The Chinese donkey population has declined by 76% since 1992 and since 2007, donkey populations have declined by 28% in Brazil, by 37% in Botswana and by 53% in Kyrgyzstan.
The gelatin from the hides provides a key ingredient in ejiao production, which requires 4.8 million skins per year. The demands cannot be met within China, leading traders to source skins in Africa, Asia and South America.
Donkeys are key to the livelihoods of more than 500 million people world wide, particularly in some of the world’s poorest communities and projections suggest that the ejaio industy will require more than half the world’s current donkeys over the next five years to meet demand.
Stephen Njoroge from Kiserian, near Nairobi, Kenya, is totally dependent on his donkeys for his livelihood, and all of them were stolen on the same night.
"I used my donkeys for general transport, collecting water, taking vegetables to market and carrying construction materials," he said.
"I am still recovering from the loss. I have heard much about the donkey slaughterhouses and they are causing the thefts in this area ‐ they should be closed down straight away; it is the only way to stop the thefts."
To provide enough skins, pregnant jennys, foals and sick animals are being stolen and transported miles without food, water or rest before facing appalling conditions in slaughterhouses.
One slaughterhouse in Africa was immediately closed after witnesses recorded footage of dead and dying donkeys some with open, maggot-infested wounds. Aborted foetuses were also seen as well as skinned carcasses dumped next to live donkeys awaiting slaughter. The slaughterhouse has since reopened. 
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