Pakistan started a breeding center to supply more donkeys to China

New Delhi, August 21, 2021, Tuesday

The political friendship between China and Pakistan is well known. China has been exporting donkeys to Pakistan for years and has started breeding centers to supply more donkeys to China as there is a shortage. According to the information received, the government of Pakistan's Punjab province has also started working in this direction. The government has also started the first donkey breeding center in Okara city under a scheme. As the demand for donkeys is increasing rapidly in China and some other countries, efforts are being made to raise some good breeds of donkeys with the intention of earning foreign exchange. Since the number of donkeys in China is much less than its requirement, millions of donkeys are bought from different countries of the world. The purchase of live animals is banned, but China has allowed the purchase of donkeys in special cases. China needs more than 3 million donkeys every year.

Now the question is what does China do with these donkeys? Donkey skin and gelatin are used in the manufacture of household anti-aging drugs. This is why donkeys are slaughtered. Experts have also expressed the suspicion that if China continues to slaughter donkeys in this way, donkeys will become extinct in the world. China, a country like Pakistan, is trying to meet the needs of donkeys, but China is also illegally importing donkeys from countries in Asia, including India. The number of donkeys in the world has dropped by 3% since the 19th century. One is that the fertility of this animal is slow and the other is that its demand is high.

There was a time when donkeys were a part of human life for carrying loads. This animal was an integral part of the socio-economic system of man but in the age of modern technology and machines it has not been so much needed. Hungry, thirsty donkeys are arriving in China. Donkeys are being cleared from the plains. Even those who kept him as a pet for work have been left behind due to lack of employment. According to a source, Pakistan supplies more than 3 lakh donkeys to China every year, which is in short supply.