Dear Timor, A sledgehammer swings through the air

 

Dear Timor, A sledgehammer swings through the air, crashing into the skull of a young donkey. She crumples to the ground before a worker slits her throat and leaves her to die slowly and painfully. Her skin will be cut off her corpse and boiled down for ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicine. Other doomed donkeys huddle in crowded pens nearby, where the concrete floors are coated with dung and urine and their only water is green and thick with algae. They can do nothing but wait for the moment when they, too, are dragged away and bludgeoned. Timor, you can help stop this abuse. Will you make a special gift of just $2 or more right now to help spare kind and gentle donkeys? Below are photos from PETA Asia’s investigations into the grisly ejiao industry. Workers bludgeoned donkeys, slit their throats, and left them to die. Some animals were still breathing and moving after being hit on the head with hammers. I know it can be devastating to see such images—and to consider that donkeys are being killed for the snacks, cosmetics, and other items made from their skin. But exposing animals’ suffering is the only way we can end it. PETA is working hard to shut down the demand for ejiao and to support bans like the one making its way through the U.S. Congress that forbids the sale and transport of ejiao. Will you please boost PETA’s vital work by contributing $2 or more today? With your help, we’ll keep working to stop the killing and skinning of donkeys for ejiao, prevent them from being forced to haul crushing loads, and end the suffering they face for any other reason. Thank you for acting with compassion today. Kind regards, Ingrid Newkirk President