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Worldwide Donkey Crisis

With the current events and abuses of donkeys, within the next four years, donkeys could be extinct.
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Two baby donkeys subjected to unspeakable brutality! 1
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Two baby donkeys subjected to unspeakable brutality!

Imagine being a terrified young donkey foal, less than a year old, bound with ropes in the baking desert sun, slowly starving to death? This is exactly what happened to two baby donkeys in the Bedouin town of Lakiya in...
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Two baby donkeys subjected to unspeakable brutality! 2

Two baby donkeys subjected to unspeakable brutality!

15 February 2022

Imagine being a terrified young donkey foal, less than a year old, bound with ropes in the baking desert sun,...
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<i>ANY</i> act of cruelty is unacceptable. But <i>this</i> - SAVAGELY STABBING a BABY DONKEY with a BROKEN BOTTLE! There are NO words! 3

ANY act of cruelty is unacceptable. But this – SAVAGELY STABBING a BABY DONKEY with a BROKEN BOTTLE! There are NO words!

4 January 2022

Donkeys are in crisis all around the world - they are being abused, stolen, traded and slaughtered for their skins....
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Grateful for friends like YOU! Part 1: How YOU saved Sophie the donkey… 4

Grateful for friends like YOU! Part 1: How YOU saved Sophie the donkey…

7 November 2021

Giving Tuesday won’t be here until November 30th. But, as each year, this day of generosity is also wrapped around...
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Donkey genocide SPREADING throughout Africa - thousands slaughtered every month! 5

Donkey genocide SPREADING throughout Africa – thousands slaughtered every month!

4 November 2021

The Chinese-driven donkey-skin trade is senseless and brutal. It’s time to BAN it for good! When an entire species faces...
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EMERGENCY! Children ripped Dash the baby donkey from his mother’s side and BRUTALIZED him. BUT THERE IS HOPE! 6

EMERGENCY! Children ripped Dash the baby donkey from his mother’s side and BRUTALIZED him. BUT THERE IS HOPE!

19 October 2021

Imagine being just a few weeks old and ripped from your mother’s side, only to be tied up, dragged along...
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Althea the donkey was BRUTALLY AXED and left to be TORN APART BY DOGS! 7

Althea the donkey was BRUTALLY AXED and left to be TORN APART BY DOGS!

16 September 2021

We must tell you about a heartbreaking cruelty victim who urgently needs your help. Althea, the donkey, was found butchered...
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Sophie and her friends were on the BRINK of DEATH. 8

Sophie and her friends were on the BRINK of DEATH.

12 August 2021

The plight of abused donkeys in Bela Bela, South Africa, continues to be of the utmost concern. Please help us...
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Maimed and emaciated donkeys need your help! 9

Maimed and emaciated donkeys need your help!

3 September 2020

Bela Bela in South Africa is a place of horror for donkeys. It’s a place where a monster hacked off...
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Frightened, starved, abused… tortured, maimed and left to die - the “life” of a Bela Bela donkey! 10

Frightened, starved, abused… tortured, maimed and left to die – the “life” of a Bela Bela donkey!

28 July 2020

Bela Bela in South Africa is an impoverished, forgotten community, rampant with crime, drugs and violence. Donkeys there are continuously...
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Coronavirus food shortages and now drought conditions threaten our rescued donkeys! 11

Coronavirus food shortages and now drought conditions threaten our rescued donkeys!

23 June 2020

Your URGENT help is needed to transport 100 donkeys to safety forever! You helped us rescue hundreds of donkeys from...
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Africa

A desperate battle is being waged to stop donkeys being wiped out in Africa, as a result of supplying donkey skins to the insatiable Chinese to be used in phony ejiao “cosmetics”.

According to the UK Donkey Sanctuary’s report “Under the Skin”, China demands a massive 10 million donkey skins every year. Yet there are only 44 million donkeys in the world. This means that within the next four years, donkeys could be extinct.

The global purchase of donkeys and donkey skins is a savage operation run by organized Chinese syndicates who show no mercy for animals, or people that get in their way. They often descend on rural villages and steal donkeys, or force owners to sell at giveaway prices, then slaughter the animals in makeshift abattoirs.

Europe

Hideous donkey abuse in Greece

On the Greek island of Santorini, we expose horrific cruelty inflicted on donkeys every day in the peak of the summer. Donkeys and mules are forced to carry tourists up and down a 1300-foot (400 meter) high cliff all day in the baking sun without shade, food or water.

Donkey owners say if they provided food, the donkeys would defecate and soil the path, upsetting tourists.

Some donkeys have open wounds, others have crude wire muzzles over their mouths to prevent them from eating. The donkeys’ working hours are supposed to be regulated but the authorities have done nothing because of the money donkey-owners (called “muleteers”) rake in from visitors.

In 2018, the municipal authorities promised to improve working conditions for the donkeys by providing drinking troughs at points on the cliff path. This did not happen. When our team visited the island again in July 2019, they were attacked and whipped by the donkey owners. The police did nothing, saying they were on lunch.

We support the small Santorini Animal Welfare Association (SAWA) animal shelter on the island which rescues and cares for 14 aged donkeys who will live out their final years in peace there. SAWA also lobbies local authorities to act against the cruelty inflicted on donkeys. We will continue to press for a long-term solution to the problem of donkey exploitation on Santorini.

Kenya

In Kenya, we exposed a situation at a slaughterhouse where 2000 donkeys a month were killed for their skins, which were then exported to China. Thanks in part to our efforts to raise awareness about the situation, the donkey skin trade has now been banned in Kenya.

South Africa

In 2017, we helped save 236 donkeys and 30 horses from the Chinese donkey skin trade.  They found a home at the Karoo Donkey Sanctuary (KDS), where we pay for food and medical treatment.  Many of the donkeys have been rehomed but we continue to support 100.  We also pay for the care of 50 donkeys rescued from the trade who now live at the Rest Your Ass in South Africa’s Limpopo province.

Tanzania

An extensive undercover investigation by Network for Animals in June 2021 revealed the enormous scale and utter cruelty of the Chinese donkey skin trade in Africa. The Chinese use donkey skins to make a cosmetic called ejiao (pronounced “uh-jee-ow”), a pointless waste that has never been proven to work, and which kills millions of donkeys annually.

In Tanzania, we’re battling illegal slaughtering practices at a Chinese-run donkey slaughterhouse in Shinyanga, in the north of the region. The slaughterhouse permit is up for review in October this year, and we are working with ASPA to seek justice for the donkeys by persuading the government to end this shame on the face of the Tanzanian nation.

Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, we work with MARES, a donkey sanctuary in Bulawayo that combats cruelty, rescues donkeys, and fights to end the donkey skin trade. Zimbabwe is a bankrupt state with so very few medicines available for animals and no money to buy them with. We provide food and veterinary treatment for all the animals.

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