You might assume that donkeys are ubiquitous, yet for many people in rural Africa, they are a lifeline. Some countries are now concerned that they may even go extinct. Chinese traditional medicine known as ejiao is made from donkey skins, which are stolen and cruelly butchered by local criminal gangs to supply the market
After the High Court lifted a ban on donkey slaughterhouses in 2020, allowing them to resume selling the meat and skins to Asian markets, Kenya’s donkey population is once again under threat
A source who requested anonymity in the Tibetan capital Lhasa told RFA’s Tibetan Service that several coronavirus patients in and around Tibet, who have since made full recoveries, were treated with traditional medicines