Stop donkey slaughter in SA - Let's stand together!

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#202

What a cruel place South Africa has become!!!! The animal care workers are overloaded!

(Vereeniging, 2017-02-22)

#204

Please stop this ridiculous inhumane trade. This is work animals, not slaughter animals. Donkeys are very loveable and intelligent. Why should they be murdered to make products to look younger. We will all die at some point, if you look young or not. Looking young, will not make you immortal. This is sickening to think these precious animals are killed, for stupid chinese religious beliefs, that our animal parts can be used as cures. If thats the case, then humans must also have parts that can cure illnesses, and then humans must also be slaughtered. Please stop these silly killings.

(Jeffreysbay, 2017-02-22)

#205

there is no end to the greed of this government, wish they were as proactive hunting down farm murderers

(Boksburg, 2017-02-22)

#206

This is behond abhorrent and cannot happen. Our precious donkeys are not to be bred to this disgusting purpose for this foreign country to use when it has no purpose what-so-ever. THIS CANNOT HAPPEN

(DURBAN, 2017-02-22)

#208

ILLEGAL AND CRUEL!!

(Edenvale, 2017-02-22)

#209

I am signing becsuse I find this type of trade to be very crul and inhumane. It is only legalised so that the government can make some more money for themselves no other reason.This government is also so far up the Chinese backside that they will do anything for the even at the cost of cruelty to donkeys.

(Brskpan, 2017-02-22)

#212

This barbaric slaughter of donkeys must stop!!!

(Durban, 2017-02-22)

#215

This is barbaric

(Hillcrest, 2017-02-22)

#218

This is just senseless killing

(Cape Town, 2017-02-22)

#220

This is barbaric. Cruel.and honestly you would hope a country would move forward not back

(capetown, 2017-02-22)

#221

I am disgusted and appalled by the way our donkeys are being treated.

(Waterfall, 2017-02-22)

#225

To stop donkey slaughter

(Klerksdorp, 2017-02-22)

#229

Where's iy going to end when theres nothing left.look at our rhinos.these people need to go buy medicine from a chemist.donkeys and rhinos are no medicine!!!

(Cradock, 2017-02-22)

#235

Unsustainable and unnecessary.

(Cape Town, 2017-02-22)

#239

These Chinese people are now irritating, cant they eat normal food like anybody else, if its not Dogs they killing its not Donkeys, they must stop them coming into the country

(DURBAN, 2017-02-22)

#240

This in appalling, unsustainable practice

(Grahamstown, 2017-02-22)

#241

What's happening is absolutely disgusting and has to be stopped

(Gaborone, 2017-02-22)

#243

I'm signing this because it is animal abuse and needs to be stopped immediately.

(Walkerville, 2017-02-22)

#245

I am against the senseless and barbaric slaughter of donkeys for their skins!

(Durban, 2017-02-22)

#251

This is sick, inhumane and disgusting. How can they let this happen?

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-22)

#255

donkeys are not farmed animals, they are beasts of burden and transport. They should never be used for their skins or meat, certainly not on another continent

(cape town, 2017-02-22)

#259

Apart from the cruel way in which these animals are being slaughtered, the "rape" of South Africa's resources by the Chinese continues at an alarming rate which does not exclude anything they desire. Unlike the rhino and other exotic and inigenous animals ( that need to be preserved for the continuation of the specie) that they kill en masse and at a rate and speed that guarentees extinction. The donkey is a WORK animal in South Africa which can mean the difference between life and starvation to our many rural families, who make up the bulk of our population. So what is going to happen to these thousamds of families when most of the donkeys are slaughtered by the Chinese and a donkeys price because they becone rare and hard to obtain, shoots through the roof and out of the poor mans reach? Simple...no fields ploughed, no transport to towns for supplies,medical help or for selling of produce and making a living....starvation and destitution. WAKE UP AND STOP THIS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

(BATH, 2017-02-22)

#261

It is disgusting and cruel and of no medical or spiritual value!!!

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-22)

#265

Farming and slaughtering an animal for use in (unproven) Asian cultural medicine is complete insanity and unacceptable!!

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-22)

#267

This is heartbreaking. I watched this on Carte Blanche a while back. This has got to be stopped!

(Fourways, 2017-02-22)

#268

Barbaric !!

(Benoni, 2017-02-22)

#273

It's is barbaric

(Pretoria, 2017-02-22)

#274

This is a disgrace, all this just for money!!!

(Vereeniging, 2017-02-22)

#277

The slaughter of donkey's is unacceptable

(cape town, 2017-02-22)

#279

This so not right leave our beloved animals

(pietermaritzburg, 2017-02-22)

#282

Stop this horrible slaughter of our precious donkeys this is not acceptable

(GILLITTS, 2017-02-22)

#283

Its evil to kill innocent animals so the chinese can use the skin in their disgusting evil medicine

(White river, 2017-02-22)

#286

This is barbaric in the extreme. It says we are losing all our humanity. God is weeping to see us treat his creatures with such cruelty. We should hang our heads in shame!

(Benoni, 2017-02-22)

#290

It's inhumane

(Pretoria, 2017-02-22)

#291

It's wrong and needs to be stopped

(Pinetown, 2017-02-22)

#292

What will happen when there is no more animals left to killed.

(Cape Town, 2017-02-22)

#302

It's cruel and disgusting. Animal abuse

(Hillcrest, 2017-02-22)

#305

I think this cruelty is vile, and not worthy of any human sentiment, Please stop it. wendy

(grahamstown, 2017-02-22)

#306

This is absolutely disgusting!

(Darwen, 2017-02-22)

#307

Stop donkey slaughter

(Langebaan, 2017-02-22)

#308

I love these animals and own some of them.

(Pretoria, 2017-02-22)

#313

We are vehemently against the brutal slaughter of donkeys and the export of their skins to the Far East, and call for an immediate end to this practice.

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-22)

#314

I am against any slaughter what so ever unless its for food purposes. Which have a certificate and is legal.

(East London, 2017-02-22)

#319

It's unacceptable that people continue to use and abuse animals as they wish withoutconsidering that they feel pain and dear.

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-22)

#325

Stop donkey slaughter!!!!!

(dullstroom, 2017-02-22)

#326

Slaughtering donkeys or horses is cruel and wrong

(Cape Town, 2017-02-22)

#327

Strongly opposed to slaughtering and abuse and trade of donkeys.stop being so greedy and manipulated by other governments. Have some ethics and values and protect all who live in this land.human and animal.stop exploitation. Be the heroes wecneef our government to be that we can trust and respect to do what is right.listen to the people who voted and gave you power.use it correctly.besides the greed..do you not feel any compassion for another living being that is subjected to pain and suffering.

(Cape Town, 2017-02-22)

#328

Its a complete disgrace!! This should be stopped ASAP!!!

(Cape Town, 2017-02-22)

#335

I'm a vegan and do not believe that exploiting animals for our gain.

(Cape Town, 2017-02-22)

#336

This is cruelty beyond understanding. We already have them killing our rhino, elephants, eating cats and dogs and now this. No no no

(Honeydew, 2017-02-22)

#337

Please protect our donkeys

(London, 2017-02-22)

#341

I don't think donkeys should be slaughtered for their hides

(Jhb, 2017-02-22)

#342

This is utterly sickening..!!! IT HAS TO STOP!!!!

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-22)

#346

I cannot bear to see the slaughter of innocent animals. My heart cries out for them

(Cape Town, 2017-02-22)

#347

I want donkey trading and slaughtering banned in SA

(Pretoria, 2017-02-22)

#348

The Chinese are killing everything in their sight. They must be stopped.

(Johannesburh, 2017-02-22)

#352

So wrong!

(Falkirk, 2017-02-22)

#356

It is ridiculous that we allow our government to exploit all of our animals for money! Donkeys are beautiful gentle and loving. They do not need to be apart of a Chinese deal to make the government richer!!!!

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-23)

#357

Absolutely sickening how our animals are being wiped out in this cruel and inhumane manner for ignorant people in China and Asia

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-23)

#358

This is a disgustingly cruel crime

(pretoria, 2017-02-23)

#359

This is barbaric

(Port Elizabeth, 2017-02-23)

#366

We don't need more animal cruelty!

(Cape Town, 2017-02-23)

#367

Enough of the slaughter.

(George, 2017-02-23)

#372

Poor donkeys, they don't deserved it!

(Wolmaransstad, 2017-02-23)

#378

This shouldn't be happening!!!!!

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-23)

#379

STOP THE SLAUGHTER OF DONKEYS!!!!

(Gauteng, 2017-02-23)

#383

We must never permit such barbaric cruelty to any animal in our country. We have animal protection laws that I will work to have applied.

(PRETORIA, 2017-02-23)

#384

This is just barbaric!! The manor in which these animals being skinned is horrific!!!!

(Kokstad, 2017-02-23)

#385

To Whom It May Concern
I refer to the Media Statement issued on 21 February 2017 by the Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development in respect of the Donkey Production and Trade.
I am absolutely appalled at the Department’s decision to implement the donkey skin trade project, as are many other people in the country.
I understand that donkey skin is used in the production of ejiao, which is used in Chinese medicine, however the use of donkeys for this purpose has completely exploited them and has depleted China’s own donkey population. We do not need to exploit our animals for the sake of China’s demand. We have already seen what the demand for Africa’s animals for “medicinal” purposes has done to our rhinos as well as our pangolin and many other species.
Donkeys form a vital part of many communities – they have many uses in rural areas and villages including carrying goods to market, cultivating land, fetching and carrying household essentials or pulling carts (to name a few). By allowing them to become a mere commodity and capitalising on them, this will affect their traditional roles to communities, affect the people who have relied on them for thousands of years and increase the price for them, making them inaccessible to poorer people.
In addition to the above, the current demand for donkeys will mean that these animals will essentially need to be factory farmed where they will live in terrible conditions simply to be ultimately killed for their skin and/or meat. The welfare of the animals will not be important, but rather only their commercial value.
I, along with many other South Africans, have an ethical issue with the use of donkeys merely for their skin and meat. This is simply another way to exploit animals and I vehemently object to the proposed donkey skin project as set out in the aforementioned media statement.
There needs to be more consideration other than to the projected profit and economic benefit which may accrue.
I hereby request that the Department:
1. revoke its decision to proceed with the project;
2. terminate the trade agreement in place with the Chinese Government;
3. put in place a ban on the export of donkey skins to China; and
4. put in place legislative measures to ensure the protection of donkeys against this trade.

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-23)

#391

Cannot tolerate cruelty to animals.

(Midrand, 2017-02-23)

#394

This is inhumane and disgusting, these donkeys cannot defend themselves against this onslaught it must be stopped!

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-23)

#395

Please stop the slaughter of these sentient beings

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-23)

#397

I love animals and wish all could stop using animal products. We do not need to in this time we live in.

(Cenurion, 2017-02-23)

#398

This needs to stop!!

(Johannesburg, 2017-02-23)