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Ban On Donkey Skin Trade
April 3 , 2024
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- African Union Commission (AUC) passed a resolution in favour of a 15-year ban on the commercial killing of donkeys for their skin.
- This is a significant outcome following the Dar-e-Salaam declaration adopted at the first AU-IBAR Pan-African Donkey Conference in December 2022.
- Donkey skin is used to make the traditional Chinese medicine ejiao.
- In five years between 2016 and 2021, ejiao production is estimated to have increased by 160 per cent.
- The ejiao industry now requires a minimum of 5.9 million donkey skin annually to keep up with the latest Chinese demand.
- Africa is home to over two-thirds of the 53 million donkeys estimated to exist worldwide.
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