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Alarm over smuggling of donkey skin to Asian markets

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Donkey skins being packaged for export at an abattoir in Mogotio, Baringo County. [File, Standard]

The high demand for donkey skin in the Far East is the latest threat facing the beast of burden in the country amid a sharp drop in their numbers.

According to Brooke East Africa, an organisation involved in protecting animals, smuggling involving donkey skin has risen sharply since the year began.

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