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A British charity has announced that the rising demand for donkey hide gelatin is threatening to collapse their numbers by half across Asia, Africa and South America unless governments intervene now. The Donkey Sanctuary, based in Devon in England, is dedicated to protecting global donkey populations and they have monitored a “soaring demand” for the animal’s hide in China for manufacturing the traditional medicine ejiao . And their recent study titled Under the Skin Update, says that if governments do not intervene now the animals global population could be halved in as little as five years. Inhuman Supernatural Beliefs? Ejiao’s pharmaceutical name is “Colla Corii Asini” but because it’s obtained by frying donkey's skin it is generally known as “Ass