By Brian Kenety Ejiao worth billions, rhino horn, pangolin scales, lion bones and a booming trade in seafood 'treasures' have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women walk with their donkeys in Ethiopia's Amhara region. Buena Vista Images/GettyImages Africa is home to the highest number of ...

Africa has banned the slaughter of donkeys for their skins, dealing a significant blow to China's lucrative market for a traditional medicine made from a gelatin extracted from the hides. Insatiable ...

How did a popular period drama on Chinese TV help lead to the theft and brutal slaughter of millions of donkeys in Africa? It all started when fans of the show “Empresses in the Palace” saw the ...

Broko, a newborn resident of Ramat Gan Safari zoological park, may look like just another donkey. But he’s causing much excitement among zoo staff because he’s actually a rare animal, a member of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Lucrecia' and 'Ita' were born earlier this month and are reportedly in good health. The African wild donkey is easily ...

At a recent summit in Ethiopia, the African Union (AU) decided to approve a 15-year continent-wide ban on the slaughter of donkeys for their hides. Donkey hides are a key component of the Traditional ...

Amina (last name withheld) was 13 years old in 2013 when she first saw a group of agents — including Chinese and African nationals — seeking to buy donkey hides from her father at her family’s home in ...

African Union leaders have agreed to crack down on what the Donkey Sanctuary charity calls a "brutal and unsustainable" business—the slaughter of donkeys for their skin, which is used in traditional ...

African Heads of State have agreed a landmark moratorium on the donkey skin trade. The agreement was reached on February 18 during the 37th African Union Summit in Ethiopia. Over the last decade, ...

Broko, the newest addition to the endangered population of African wild donkeys, with his mother at the Ramat Gan Safari Park in Tel Aviv on Feb. 12, 2023. Around 500 African wild donkeys exist in the ...

In recent years, there's been a huge, rising demand for donkey hides in China, where they are used to make an ancient health-related product called ejiao. Ejiao is made from collagen that's been ...