Niger has banned the export of donkeys, warning that a three-fold increase in trade, mainly to Asian countries, is threatening its donkey population.
尼日尔禁止对外出口驴制品,并表示亚洲国家的驴制品需求已使其交易量增长了三倍之多,这将威胁到本国驴的数量。
"If the export continues the animals will be decimated," a government official has told the BBC.
一位政府官员表示:“如果驴制品出口量持续增加,驴的数量势必大幅减少。”
China imports many donkey hides, using the gelatin in medicinal tonics, aphrodisiacs and anti-ageing creams.
中国进口大量驴皮,使用驴胶来制作补品、催欲药以及抗衰老护肤品。
In August, neighbouring Burkina Faso banned the export of donkey skins on similar grounds.
今年8月,尼日尔邻国布基纳法索也以同样的原因禁止驴皮的出口。
"About 80,000 donkeys have been exported so far this year compared to 27,000 last year," Atte Issa, at Niger's livestock ministry, said.
尼日尔畜牧局的工作人员阿特•伊萨表示:“比起去年2.7万的出口量,今年大约有8万头驴出口到国外。”
The government has also banned the slaughter of any donkeys within Niger.
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