A Hong Kong company wants to find a million donkey skins every year to be used in the making of traditional medicines.
The company has been getting these skins from South America, but has recently turned to Australia. Sydney-based exporter John Fleming wants to hunt feral donkeys in the Northern Territory to sell overseas.
"They want the skins, but not for leather. Apparently there is a certain extract in the skin they can use for traditional medicine,'' he said. Chinese traditional healers are known to use donkey skins to extract Ejiao to make Nu Bao, a traditional Chinese medicine that improves vitality, increases a woman's libido, and reduces period pain.
Who knew donkey skins made such a great aphrodisiac?
"They're after a lot of donkey skins. As much as they can get their hands on,'' Mr Fleming said.
"It seems there are a lot of feral donkeys out there and people are basically shooting them for sport,'' he said. There are an estimated 300,000 feral donkeys in the Northern Territory. Somehow I don't think this concept will catch on in America. I am not sure PETA and Walmart shoppers are ready to find donkey skin libido magic on their store shelves. But here’s an idea, it could be sold on an infomercial by William Shatner or Ron Jeremy.
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