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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ine-traditional-peta-china-asia-a8072081.html
I can't fathom how a developed industrialised country like China , which people tout as having a high IQ, can be soo cruel and believe in quack medicinal cures. Yes I know China has rural areas that are backwards , but even so they have enough industrilalized cities and global economic presense that their affluent class would not support and provide the demand for such cruel behavior.
I suppose it is like the UAE: overtly a 1st world society but still behaves like abusive and exploitative cultures from centuries ago. Glitzy buildings , technology , industry and savy PR doesn't necessarily lead to a compassionate culture as people assume it does
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Medicine made from donkey skin is popular with affluent Chinese for alleged medicinal benefits.
Donkeys are hit on the head with sledgehammers , because that is the cheapest way to kill them.
Many African countries have banned the export of Donkeys due to domestic shortage and high prices resulting from Chinese demand. This has led to criminals setting up clandestine networks with Chinese to supply them with donkeys. Locals have reported theft of their donkeys, and finding donkey carcases devoid of their skin.
Below quote from an African middleman who used to illicityly supply donkey skins to China.
“It was bad watching the animals suffer,” says the middleman, who no longer trades donkey skins. “They cried out each time another one fell.”
https://www.theguardian.com/global-...lixir-that-threatens-donkeys-around-the-world
It has long been the case that affluent Chinese demand for quack remedies pushed many species to endangered status or worsened the already exsisting endangered status.
I can't fathom how a developed industrialised country like China , which people tout as having a high IQ, can be soo cruel and believe in quack medicinal cures. Yes I know China has rural areas that are backwards , but even so they have enough industrilalized cities and global economic presense that their affluent class would not support and provide the demand for such cruel behavior.
I suppose it is like the UAE: overtly a 1st world society but still behaves like abusive and exploitative cultures from centuries ago. Glitzy buildings , technology , industry and savy PR doesn't necessarily lead to a compassionate culture as people assume it does
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Medicine made from donkey skin is popular with affluent Chinese for alleged medicinal benefits.
Donkeys are hit on the head with sledgehammers , because that is the cheapest way to kill them.
Many African countries have banned the export of Donkeys due to domestic shortage and high prices resulting from Chinese demand. This has led to criminals setting up clandestine networks with Chinese to supply them with donkeys. Locals have reported theft of their donkeys, and finding donkey carcases devoid of their skin.
Below quote from an African middleman who used to illicityly supply donkey skins to China.
“It was bad watching the animals suffer,” says the middleman, who no longer trades donkey skins. “They cried out each time another one fell.”
https://www.theguardian.com/global-...lixir-that-threatens-donkeys-around-the-world
It has long been the case that affluent Chinese demand for quack remedies pushed many species to endangered status or worsened the already exsisting endangered status.
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