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Transporting bricks in Nepal

Nepal brick kilns workshop targets lasting change for donkeys

5 December 2018

The Donkey Sanctuary has co-hosted a South Asia regional workshop in Nepal on animal welfare, child and bonded labour and the environment in brick kilns.
Co-hosted forum delegates, Addis Ababa

Committing to safeguarding Ethiopia's national donkey herd

29 November 2018

Experts from Ethiopia and the UK gathered in Addis Ababa today (29 November) to discuss how to protect Ethiopia’s national donkey herd from the global trade in donkey skins.
Panel at EU Intergroup meeting Strasbourg

Donkey skin trade in the spotlight at European Parliament

21 November 2018

For the first time, The Donkey Sanctuary presented members of the European Parliament with evidence of the growing donkey skin trade at a meeting in Strasbourg last week.
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