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

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.