Every year, at least 5.9 million donkeys are slaughtered in horrifying conditions. This is due to the boom in demand for ejiao, a donkey-derived collagen product used in traditional Chinese medicine.
The donkey skin trade is a global, complex, urgent, and neglected animal welfare issue, interconnected with other challenges, such as biosecurity. social justice and illegal wildlife trade.
From trekking with donkeys, interviewing animal welfare activists, cellular agriculture scientists, asino therapists, and gathering stories of donkeys and their human companions, Ingvild Syntropia hope to spark empathy and action to safeguard the often misunderstood donkey that has carried our burdens for millennia.
Hear from two donkey owners, Esther and Josephine, about the devastating cost of the loss of their donkeys to the skin trade.
Made by the Donkey sanctuary, UK
Made by the Donkey sanctuary, UK
WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
● Negative impact on poor communities, esp. women
● Donkey Skin trade linked to illegal wildlife trade and other criminal activities
WHAT CAN A DOCUMENTARY DO?
A cost-effective way to raise awareness of a neglected and interconnected animal welfare and biorisk challenge.
TARGET AUDIENCES:
● Cellular agriculture companies
● National and international policymakers and politicians governing animal products and working animals
● Ejiao producers and consumers in China
for Further info on the donkey skin trade
visit: The Donkey Sanctuary
more info on the documentary coming soon
visit: The Donkey Sanctuary
more info on the documentary coming soon