Smuggling of donkeys from Ethiopia to Kenya has been increasing over the past six months making busy customs officers and border controllers. The donkeys are being smuggled from Ethiopia to Kenya, because the later has donkey slaughtering houses engaged in export of the meat, according to Mr. Chanyalew Fuji, Manager of Ethiopia Moyale customs post, who spoke to the state daily Amharic newspaper, Addis Zemen. He noted that the number of people engaged in smuggling of donkeys to Kenya from Ethiopia has been increasing making the Moyale customs post officers and other border controllers between the two countries. A few years ago, the government of Ethiopia has faced major opposition by the people when it granted license to the first donkey slaughtering house. After highly consuming their donkeys and significantly reducing the number of donkeys, the Chinese are reportedly targeting donkeys from other parts of the world mainly Africa.

Source: News Business Ethiopia February 15, 2020 11:48 UTC