Hundreds of thousands of donkeys are slaughtered for their skins and exported annually, mostly from Africa, causing donkey numbers to decimate. It is driven by demand from China, as skins are boiled to produce ‘ejiao’, a gelatin used in traditional medicine. Donkeys are often stolen from families who depend on them for their livelihoods – families often already struggling and living below the poverty line. Brooke is calling for a global ban on the trade and a crackdown on cross-border smuggling

With your help Brooke wants to ban the trade of donkey skins in Africa, support local people and protect their donkeys. Our biggest strength is our partnership with local organisations and animal-owning communities. Through our work, we have successfully brought about a ban on this trade in Kenya; we now need to protect the ban, stop illegal cross-border smuggling, and try to bring about bans in neighbouring countries, particularly Tanzania. Ultimately, we would like this trade banned worldwide.