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Ejiao: Why donkey skin trade continues to thrive despite ban

Donkeys suffer cruel and inhumane conditions from source to slaughter.

When Josephine Ndunda, a donkey keeper from Ikalaasa village in Machakos county, affectionately refers to her donkey as a second wife, one may not understand the depth of their symbiotic relationship.

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