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Kenya’s High Court Overturns Ban on Donkey Slaughter, Clearing the Way For More Skins to Be Sold to China

Kenya’s High Court on Friday overturned a February 2020 government directive that outlawed the slaughter of donkeys. The court’s ruling will now allow for slaughterhouses to re-open and the resumption of the animal’s meat trade. 

The High Court responded to an appeal brought by the Star Brilliant slaughterhouse in the Rift Valley city of Naivasha, a Kenyan company backed by Chinese investors.

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