For centuries, Chinese physicians have praised the medicinal benefits of ejiao - a gelatinous substance derived from the hide of a donkey. 

As the demand has continued to grow, so has an emerging threat to the donkey population the world over. Every day, donkeys from Asia to Africa and South America are at risk of being brutally slaughtered in fields overnight and their skins stolen and exported to China. 

A new report by The Donkey Sanctuary documents the staggering demand for donkey skins and the effects of this unsustainable trade. 

Between four and ten million donkeys will need to die every year in order to meet the insatiable demand for ejiao – a demand that that is unsustainable, whilst simultaneously causing mass-scale suffering to donkeys and risking the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on them. 

Please donate today to help protect donkeys from this inhumane trade.