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THE IVORY COAST The slaughter and export of donkeys has been banned in Ivory Coast (also known as Côte d’Ivoire) following an announcement by the government earlier this month (13 July). In recent years, hundreds of thousands of donkeys across Africa have been slaughtered for their skins due to rising Chinese demand for ejiao, a… Continue reading Donkey slaughter ban a ‘historic decision for whole species’
BEIJING (April 23, 2020) — China's agriculture ministry said on Thursday it will start taking samples from horses along its southern borders to check for African Horse Sickness after the deadly disease was detected in Thailand. The highly infectious condition has killed more than 200 horses in Thailand — the first time it has appeared… Continue reading China to test horses in border areas for African Horse Sickness
By Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Science Magazine, Apr. 16, 2020 Thailand, already battling the spread of coronavirus, is now contending with another deadly viral outbreak—in horses. With hundreds of horse deaths reported there in the last 3 weeks, horse owners are rushing to seal their animals indoors with netting, away from biting midges that spread the virus for… Continue reading Thailand scrambles to contain major outbreak of horse-killing virus
Excerpted from "The Donkey Refuge Where Burros Become Coyote-Kicking Livestock Guardians", by Abbey Perreault, Sept. 25, 2018, Atlas Obscura. The plight of the American donkey is a strange one—the animal has been simultaneously federally protected and completely overlooked. — Mark Meyers DESPITE SEVERAL LARGE removal efforts, “wild” donkeys, or burros, are abundant in the Mojave… Continue reading The refuge where donkeys can become guardians of livestock
Originally published by Horse & Man. Go there now » By Cat Purdy | July 30, 2017 A donkey holocaust is under way around the world. The carnage began in China and now extends to nearly every continent on Earth. The sought-after ingredient is called donkey hide gelatin, or ejiao (e-gee-ow) in Chinese. Made by… Continue reading Donkeys are under threat worldwide
Andrew Gregor of Lafayette, California started a Change.org Petition China currently imports tens of thousands of donkeys primarily from African nations in order to slaughter them. They do this in order to extract gelatin from the donkey hides. Innocent animals are being shipped overseas and butchered in order to produce ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicine… Continue reading Petition China to stop importing donkeys to use their hides for medicine
Written by Christa Lesté-Lasserre Cross-posted from TheHorse.com According to recent research by British scientists, mules appear to have a faster capacity to learn about spatial relations—figuring out where things are, or navigating around objects—than horses and donkeys. And when objects get moved and the animals must find new paths around them, horses stand out as… Continue reading Mules rule over horses, donkeys in spatial cognition tests
By JEANNA BRYNER Copyright © 2008 Imaginova Corp. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Online at FoxNews.com Egyptian tomb holds first known domesticated donkeys One of the earliest Egyptian kings carried his "beasts of burden" into the afterlife. Paleoscientists discovered the skeletons of 10 donkeys nestled in three… Continue reading Royal asses discovered
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