Africa’s Donkeys Are Being Annihilated By Demand For Chinese ‘Medicine’

The largely unregulated Chinese donkey skin trade is slaughtering hundreds of thousands of donkeys every year, all in the pursuit of a centuries-old traditional “medicine” called ejiao (pronounced “uh-jee-ow”), reports ENCA.com. The product, gleaned from collagen extracted from dead donkeys’ skins, is believed to improve blood circulation, enhance fertility, and remedy insomnia and other ailments. The ever-increasing […]