The gelatin found in the animals' skin has made them a target, leading to a growing wave of donkey slaughtering in several African countries. Under a cloudless sky in South Africas northwestern ...

Recently, I heard about a traditional Chinese medicine that comes from donkey skin and that this has led to a fair amount of abuse of these creatures around the world. Is this true? I cannot help but ...

Animal activists urged Kenya Thursday to ban the slaughter of donkeys for use in Chinese medicine, a practice which has soared in recent years and decimated African populations of the animal. Donkey ...

Donkey owners last year organized countrywide protests seeking the closure of all donkey abattoirs in Kenya, Munya noted and local media have reported. Some cited massive theft to satisfy the export ...

Kenya has decided to ban the slaughter of donkeys for use in Chinese medicine, a practice condemned by animal rights activists as cruel, unnecessary and devastating to donkey populations in Africa, a ...

The government has banned the slaughter of donkeys for the export market. In a telephone interview yesterday, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said the ban follows a petition by donkey owners ...

African Heads of State agree a landmark decision to protect donkeys at the 37th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 17-18 February. LONDON, UNITED ...