Major airlines are shipping crates of donkey skins worldwide, fueling a
brutal trade linked to organized crime.

Emirates Airlines just banned donkey skin shipments—now Qatar Airways,
Turkish Cargo and other major airlines must do the same.

Tell airlines: Stop flying crates of suffering. Ban donkey skin shipments
now!

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John,

Major airlines are flying crates of bloody donkey skins around the globe,
fueling the brutal ejiao industry.

This is the shadowy nature of the donkey skin trade—a multi-layered
operation linked to organized crime. The same smuggling networks
trafficking illicit wildlife products and drugs are now profiting off
donkeys, using air cargo to keep the supply chain running.

Without cargo carriers transporting donkey skins, this tortuous trade
would take a major hit. The good news? One airline is taking bold action:
Emirates Airlines just adopted a zero tolerance policy and banned donkey
skin shipments.

Emirates’ move is a game-changer, disrupting the industry and protecting
donkey populations and the communities that rely on them. Now, we need
other airlines, like Qatar Airways and Turkish Cargo to follow suit. This
is our moment to turn one airline’s bold move into a global shift, but
only if we flood them with pressure while the spotlight is still on.

[ [link removed] ]Tell airlines: join Emirates and ban donkey skin shipments now

In rural communities in Africa, donkeys vanish overnight—stolen from
families, crammed into overloaded trucks, and transported for days
sometimes without food or water. Some die on the journey, their bodies
dumped like trash. The rest face a brutal end: bludgeoned, skinned, and
shipped in pieces, then to be boiled down into ejiao—a gelatin used in
cosmetics and fake health supplements.

The airline's role in this donkey trade can't be ignored as it comes with
serious biosecurity risks. Donkey skins cargo can carry parasites and
pathogens that threaten livestock, and even humans. Once airborne, these
diseases can spread across continents in hours, turning airline
involvement into a global hazard.

As the world battles outbreaks like avian flu, airlines can’t afford to
look the other way. Every unregulated shipment increases the risk of
diseases spreading across borders.

That’s why Emirates’ ban is a game-changer. It’s the first airline to
expose the hidden dangers of this trade—not just for donkeys, but for
global health. And they didn’t stop there. Emirates partnered with The
Donkey Sanctuary to create the Aviation Risk and Threat Assessment, a
crucial tool to help airlines shut traffickers out of their networks.

By banning shipments and leading the charge, Emirates has set a new
industry standard. Now, it’s time for Qatar Airways, Turkish Cargo, and
others to follow suit. If they refuse, they’re not just enabling cruelty,
they’re endangering public health.

[ [link removed] ]Tell airlines: Ban donkey skin shipments now

The Ekō community has been relentless in the fight against the donkey skin
trade, pressuring Amazon to drop it from its marketplace and pushing for
legislation in the U.S. Every action we take brings us closer to shutting
this brutal industry down for good. Now, we need to turn up the pressure
on airlines to do their part, and join Emirates in banning donkey skin
shipments.



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Thanks for all that you do,
Deborah and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Global Trade in Donkey Skins: A Ticking Time Bomb
The Donkey Sanctuary 2022

[ [link removed] ]The Donkey Sanctuary and Emirates Join Forces to Combat Trafficking of
Donkey Skins
Emirates 11 December 2024

 

 

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