It seems that for more than 2,000 years the Chinese have been making a folk remedy by boiling down donkey skins to a sort of jelly. For all this time the consumption of the jelly - and in consequence of donkeys - was modest. But now the Chinese are rich and have health fads and fashions just like us, and demand for this jelly has shot up. While the local supply of donkeys has shot down, in part because of the massive movement of population from country to town.
With the result that their buyers are scouring the world for supplies of donkeys, the price of donkeys is rising and ordinary working donkeys are already beyond the reach of a lot of the poorer farmers in the poorer parts of the world. There are also reports of casual cruelty.
The European Commission is on the case and is thought to have proposals to take to the United Nations shortly. Maybe POTUS can be persuaded to take some time out of his busy schedule and take on the chairmanship of the proposed OffDonk, although some doubt whether he will be able to overcome his distaste for this symbol of the hated Democratic Party, all but commies.
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