Ministry to tighten regulations against donkey abuse

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The Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security says it has recognised the shortcomings in the existing legislation against cruelty of animals, specifically donkeys.

Assistant minister, Kgotla Autlwetse yesterday told members of the media that the recent indiscriminate killings of donkeys and abuse in an abattoir in Francistown punched holes and shortcomings in the existing Act.

The killings led government to indefinitely suspend licences in the trade of donkey products. There have also been calls from the Botswana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA).

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