Lima Yuri Fernandes, Tatemoto Patricia, Reeves Emily, Burden Faith Adelaide, Santurtun Eduardo
The Donkey Sanctuary, Mexico City, Mexico.
The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, United Kingdom.
Front Vet Sci. 2022 Mar 17;9:849193. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.849193. eCollection 2022.
Donkeys () are facing a global crisis. Their welfare, and even survival, is being compromised as the demand for their skins increases. This demand is driven by the need to supply raw materials to produce , a Traditional Chinese Medicine made from collagen extracted from donkey skins. Since there is no productive chain for donkey skin production outside of China, the global trade is an entirely extractive industry that has resulted in the decimation of some local donkey populations. The donkey skin trade is demonstrably unsustainable, from the ethical issues associated with poor welfare, to the biosecurity and human health risks the trade poses; and it violates both legal frameworks and moral expectations at both a national and global level.
驴正面临一场全球危机。随着对驴皮需求的增加，它们的福利乃至生存都受到了威胁。这种需求是由供应原材料以生产阿胶的需要所驱动的，阿胶是一种用从驴皮中提取的胶原蛋白制成的中药。由于中国以外没有驴皮生产的产业链，全球贸易完全是一个掠夺性行业，导致一些当地驴种群数量锐减。从与恶劣福利相关的伦理问题，到该贸易带来的生物安全和人类健康风险，驴皮贸易显然是不可持续的；它还违反了国家和全球层面的法律框架和道德期望。
