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Animal welfare groups push for donkey's rights at AU summit

Local residents ferry maize products using donkeys from an estate in Eldoret to unknown destination within Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

The African Union's InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and animal welfare organisations have intensified their advocacy mission to preserve Africa's donkey population.

The animal welfare organisations which include Brooke Action for Working Horses and Donkeys, Donkey Sanctuary, SPANA, and World Horse Welfare took advantage of the ongoing 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union to emphasize the critical importance of safeguarding Africa's donkeys, which constitute over 60 per cent of the global count.

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