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Africa’s donkeys slaughtered for Chinese ‘miracle elixir’

By France 24
21 April 2018   |   6:00 am
Every year, China slaughters millions of donkeys to make Ejiao, a traditional medicine hailed as a ‘miracle elixir’ which is used to treat various ailments.

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