Africa is home to the highest number of donkeys in the world: about two-thirds of the estimated global population of 53 million donkeys in 2020. Exact figures on how many hides are exported to China ...

A newborn African wild donkey, one of the world's rarest and most endangered mammals, has been born at a zoo in the U.K. The foal was born at Marwell Zoo near Winchester in Hampshire, England, British ...

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 ...

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 ...

Delegates pose for a picture during the two-day Second Pan African Donkey Conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. [Courtesy] Leaders, scientists, and policymakers meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, have ...

Demand for a form of traditional Chinese medicine is putting the donkey population at risk in South Africa and other parts of the continent. In recent years, the market in ejiao—a product made from ...