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A survey report on the donkey original breeding farms in China: Current aspects and future prospective

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
IntroductionThe number of the large-scale donkey breeding farms in China has increased dramatically. However, information regarding the situation of a Chinese donkey population under large-scale donkey breeding farms is limited.MethodsThis survey report ...
Zhenwei Zhang, Bingjian Huang, Yonghui Wang, Mingxia Zhu, Guiqin Liu, Changfa Wang   +5 more
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Bonded labour and donkey ownership in the brick kilns of India: A need for reform of policy and practice

Animal Welfare, 2023
Slavery, in the form of ‘debt-bondage’, is rife in Indian brick kilns, where the enforcement of labour laws is poor. Working equids support brick-kiln workers by transporting raw bricks into the kilns, but the situation of equids and their owners within ...
Laura M Kubasiewicz, Tamlin Watson, Caroline Nye, Natasha Chamberlain, Ramesh K Perumal, Ramesh Saroja, Stuart L Norris, Zoe Raw, Faith A Burden   +8 more
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The Potential for New Donkey Farming Systems to Supply the Growing Demand for Hides [PDF]

Animals, 2020
The demand for donkey hides for ejiao, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, has resulted in rapidly increasing prices for donkey hides and donkeys. This has put pressure on donkey populations globally and has implications for donkey welfare and the ...
Richard Bennett, Simone Pfuderer
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Donkey [PDF]

Notes and Queries
A donkey drinking from a fountain.One of the main topics of the photographer Bilyana Braykova Karastoyanova are animals. Bilyana Braykova Karastoyanova (1991 - ) is the great-granddaughter of the photographer Bozhidar Dimitrov Karastoyanov.
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Donkey Skin Trade and Its Non-compliance With Legislative Framework

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Donkeys (Equus asinus) are facing a global crisis. Their welfare, and even survival, is being compromised as the demand for their skins increases. This demand is driven by the need to supply raw materials to produce ejiao, a Traditional Chinese Medicine ...
Yuri Fernandes Lima, Patricia Tatemoto, Emily Reeves, Faith Adelaide Burden, Eduardo Santurtun   +4 more
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Control and Prevention of Epizootic Lymphangitis in Mules: An Integrated Community-Based Intervention, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
From 2010 to 2017, as part of a wider animal welfare program, The Donkey Sanctuary piloted an integrated, community-based model for the control and prevention of epizootic lymphangitis (EZL) in cart mules in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Bojia E. Duguma, Tewodros Tesfaye, Asmamaw Kassaye, Anteneh Kassa, Stephen J. Blakeway   +4 more
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“Not All Who Wander Are Lost”: The Life Transitions and Associated Welfare of Pack Mules Walking the Trails in the Mountainous Gorkha Region, Nepal

Animals, 2022
Equids in general experience transient lives where ownership may change multiple times, for working equids this can be more extreme where ownership changes are not only numerous but abrupt, and situations encountered prove difficult, diverse and tough ...
Tamlin Watson, Laura M. Kubasiewicz, Caroline Nye, Sajana Thapa, Stuart L. Norris, Natasha Chamberlain, Faith A. Burden   +6 more
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Equid Assessment, Research and Scoping (EARS): The Development and Implementation of a New Equid Welfare Assessment and Monitoring Tool

Animals, 2020
The assessment of animal welfare poses numerous challenges, yet an emerging approach is the consolidation of existing knowledge into new frameworks which can offer standardised approaches to welfare assessment across a variety of contexts. Multiple tools
Zoe Raw, Joao B. Rodrigues, Karen Rickards, Joe Ryding, Stuart L. Norris, Andrew Judge, Laura M. Kubasiewicz, Tamlin L. Watson, Holly Little, Ben Hart, Rebekah Sullivan, Chris Garrett, Faith A. Burden   +12 more
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‘Don’t Put the Cart before the Mule!’ Challenging Assumptions Regarding Health-Related Treatment Practices of Working Equid Owners in Northern India

Animals, 2021
This paper challenges assumptions that the health management of working equids among some of India’s poorest communities is mainly dependent upon income, economic influence, or access to veterinary services. Using a mixed-methods approach, hierarchies of
Caroline Nye, Tamlin Watson, Laura M. Kubasiewicz, Zoe Raw, Faith Burden   +4 more
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The Welfare Aggregation and Guidance (WAG) Tool: A New Method to Summarize Global Welfare Assessment Data for Equids

Animals, 2020
Animal welfare can be represented by an array of indicators. There is, however, increasing demand for concise welfare assessments that can be easily communicated and compared.
Laura M. Kubasiewicz, João B. Rodrigues, Stuart L. Norris, Tamlin L. Watson, Karen Rickards, Nikki Bell, Andrew Judge, Zoe Raw, Faith A. Burden   +8 more
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