Pakistan may be facing financial problems at this time, but the donkey business is flourishing there. According to the report of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, now the number of donkeys in the country has crossed 60 lakhs.
Pakistan's friend country china is also helping in this. The demand for donkey meat is increasing in china and meat is being sent from pakistan, but not only meat, a special medicinal gelatin made from donkey skin - called e-jiao, is also very popular in China. This gelatin is used in Chinese medicines and is considered very valuable. According to the report, ejiao is used in clinics for effects like relieving fatigue, improving the immune system, eliminating tumors and relieving anemia.
Huge increase in the number of donkeys in Pakistan
There has been a huge increase in the number of donkeys in Pakistan. The latest report of the Bureau of Statistics shows that the number of donkeys has increased by 1,09,000 to a total of more than 60.8 lakhs compared to about 59 lakhs earlier. This increase is the result of the investment made by the government of pakistan in the donkey production sector, due to which the number of this animal is continuously increasing.
Big disclosure in the report
In February, Geo news reported that a large slaughterhouse has been started in Gwadar, which is specially built to send donkey-related goods to China. This includes donkey bones, meat and 'E-Jiao'. E-Jiao is a gelatin used in medicine, which is made from donkey skin and is used in Chinese traditional medicines.
The skins of about 59 lakh donkeys are needed
The Donkey Sanctuary, an organization that works for the care of donkeys, said that the increasing demand for this business is putting pressure on the number of donkeys. It is estimated that about 59 lakh donkey skins will be needed to meet the needs of E-Jiao.
A Chinese report said that E-Jiao has a 3,000-year-old history in China's Shandong province. That means this medicine has been in use for thousands of years and even today its demand is very high.
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