Help Stop the Slaughter of Donkeys for Chinese Medicine

Hideously shocking eyewitness footage from Chinese farms shows that donkeys as young as 5 months old are bludgeoned and their throats are cut to make traditional Chinese medicine.

These gentle animals are killed for one reason: so that their skins can be sold to pharmaceutical companies in China, which boil them down to make gelatine for ejiao, an ingredient used in medicines, cosmetics, and confectionery.

After PETA Asia released footage of donkeys being beaten in Kenya, which was one of China's main donkey-skin suppliers, Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture banned donkey abattoirs in that country. Now, you can help spare more donkeys a violent slaughter.

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Please send a message to Zheng Zeguang, the Chinese ambassador, asking him to use his influence to stop the cruel treatment of donkeys in China.

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Mr

Zheng

Zeguang

Embassy of China in the United Kingdom

Dear Mr Zheng,

Donkeys are being subjected to horrific abuse and violent slaughter in China so that their skin can be sold to leading pharmaceutical companies there, which boil them down to make gelatine for ejiao.

A shocking PETA exposé shows donkeys standing in their own dung and urine, with only filthy, algae-filled water available for them to drink. One donkey who was to be slaughtered for ejiao was so malnourished that his ribs stuck out. Another was so sick that she couldn't walk, so the helpless animal was dumped into the bucket of a tractor and hauled away. Workers confided to an investigator that they were concerned that environmental inspectors would fine the facility or shut it down.

At the end of the dreadful existence that they're forced to endure, donkeys are killed in a most inhumane way. The footage shows farmers swinging a sledgehammer into a donkey's forehead and then slitting the animal's throat. Some of the donkeys continue to breathe and move for around a minute after the blow.

I hope you'll use your influence and take immediate action to stop the suffering of donkeys in the horrific ejiao industry by pushing for China to implement a basic animal welfare law.

Sincerely,

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Help Stop the Slaughter of Donkeys for Chinese Medicine

Hideously shocking eyewitness footage from Chinese farms shows that donkeys as young as 5 months old are bludgeoned and their throats are cut to make traditional Chinese medicine.

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