This is a linkpost for https://www.animalwelfareleague.org/blog/ban-donkey-skin-trade-by-african-heads-of-states
African Union Heads of State, during their gathering in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 37th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, successfully placed a ban on the Donkey skin trade following the proposal that was made by the Specialised Technical Committee for Agriculture, Rural Development, Water, and Environment in November 2023.
Can anyone convince me that this is a robustly good move for donkey welfare? Working donkeys seem to have quite bad lives, so a falling population because people are deciding to sell donkeys for slaughter might be a good thing.
I don't know if these things make it robustly good, but some considerations: