File: Donkey skins are exported to China to make a traditional medicine known as ejiao, which is believed to improve blood circulation.NAIROBI - Animal rights activists urged Kenya to ban the slaughter of donkeys for Chinese medicine, a practice which has soared in recent years, decimating populations of the animal in Africa.
China is increasingly looking to Africa to satisfy demand as its own donkey population has nearly halved in recent years. "There are virtually no laws against the abuse of animals on farms or in slaughterhouses in Kenya, so none of the violence captured in the footage is punishable from a legal standpoint," PETA said in a statement.John Kariuki, the manager of a slaughterhouse where alleged abuse was observed, told AFP:"Whoever saw donkeys beaten inside my slaughterhouse is a liar and should look for something else to talk about.
As the main export is the skin,"it doesn't really matter if a donkey is beaten or bruised by the time it is slaughtered, there is no incentive at all to keep donkeys in good welfare," said Mayers.
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