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Lack of commercial donkey breeding programs is a worrisome trend, activists say

Donkeys are a popular and efficient means of transport in many Kenyan regions. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Animal rights activists have raised the red flag over the alarming decline of donkey numbers in the country.

They blamed the trend on low reproduction levels, lack of donkey breeding programmes and the rising demand of donkey products for export.

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