Think donkeys don't matter? Climate change begs to differ

PIC: DR MARK BING
PIC: DR MARK BING

Like them or not, value them or not, experts agree that the resilient donkey is the animal best suited to survive in the coming age when Botswana will be amongst countries hardest hit by climate change. The humble beast that once carried a Saviour, may soon become the hero itself, they say. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI writes

The nation was shocked almost exactly two years ago. A raid by members of the Botswana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA), veterinarians, agriculture ministry officials and other animal NGO representatives stumbled on a donkey genocide near Francistown.

Hundreds of donkeys were being kept in shocking conditions on a slaughter farm, starving, many already dead, bodies indiscriminately tossed away after being skinned and diseases running riot.

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