AfricaUnion'Brutal' donkey skin trade banned by the #AfricanUnion
Animal #welfare charities have welcomed an #Africa-wide ban on the controversial #donkey #skin #trade.
It will make it #illegal to slaughter donkeys for their skin across the #continent.
Demand for the animals' skins is fuelled by the popularity of an ancient #Chinese #medicine called #Ejiao, traditionally made from donkey hides.
The charity, the Donkey Sanctuary, called the the trade "brutal and unsustainable" and said it had decimated donkey populations around the world, particularly in Africa and #southamerica
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