Donkeys are vanishing from Madhya Pradesh - China is to blame!

There is a mystery surrounding the donkeys of Madhya Pradesh that are disappearing - latest figures revealed by the state animal husbandry department reveal that these animals are disappearing faster than tigers. Going by the 19th census report, the donkey population in MP has gone down by 75 per cent - from 49,289 in 1997 to 14,916 in 2012.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 7 February 2017.

It seems China is to blame because it sources the animals from Madhya Pradesh and use them to produce medicinal tonics, aphrodisiacs and anti-ageing creams. They extract a gelatin from the hides of the donkeys - this gelatin is a key ingredient for ejiao which is one of China's most popular traditional remedies.
Ejiao is used for a variety of conditions including bleeding, dizziness, insomnia and dry cough and the edible form of ejiao is mixed with almonds and sesame seeds and served as a snack in certain parts of China. Donkey hides are being smuggled out of Madhya Pradesh to exporters in Delhi and Maharashtra at rock bottom prices of Rs 10-20 per hide.
Africa has banned sale of donkey hides to China and, hence, it has turned to India and Pakistan to meet its requirement of donkey hides.


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#Chhatarpur #Panna #busaccident #MadhyaPradesh It was a tragic road accident when a private bus skidded off a bridge, fell into a nullah below and caught fire. The incident happened near the Pandav Falls in Panna, Madhya Pradesh, and at least 50 people are believed to have been killed and 13 injured in the accident.
The bus was going from Chhatarpur to Satna.
This has been reported in dnaindia.com dated 4 May 2015.

Rescue teams have recovered 15 charred bodies and 13 passengers who have suffered severe burns have been rushed to the district hospital as informed by an official from the accident site.
Preliminary investigations appears to indicate that the bus fell down about 16-feet and its fuel tank must have caught fire.
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