Pakistan to export donkeys to China

Pakistan, which has third largest donkey population in world, will export animal to China, opening avenue to earn millions from tre, according to a media report.

Donkeys are highly prized in China, especially for ir hide which is used to manufacture tritional Chinese medicines. Gelatin me from donkey skin has been long considered to have medicinal properties in China, tritionally being thought to urish blood and enhance immune system.

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Pakistan has world's third largest population of donkeys with more than 5 million animals, while China stands at number one.

A senior official at livestock department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said Chinese companies are interested in donkey farming in Pakistan and foreign companies are rey to invest USD 3 billion, Geo News reported.

In a bid to boost country's exports, livestock department has anunced that it will develop donkey farms first of its kind in country. According to reports, at least two donkey farms are being set up in Dera Ismail Khan and Mansehra with a foreign partnership.

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During first three years, government plans to export as many as 80,000 donkeys to China, according to report.