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Report warns on spread of diseases from cross-border donkey movement

Donkeys being transported on foot in Narok for slaughtering at Goldox export Slaughterhouse at Chemogoch area, Mogotio in Baringo.Photo: Kipsang Joseph/Standard

An animal welfare organisation has warned that unregulated cross-border movement of donkeys and poor hygiene in slaughterhouses increases the risk of the spread of diseases.

In a report released last month titled Under the Skin, the Donkey Sanctuary notes that donkeys are silent carriers of many diseases and often do not show signs of sickness.

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