Major airline helps crack down on donkey skin trade, plus more partnership news

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Welfare charity The Donkey Sanctuary and airline Emirates have joined forces to combat trafficking of donkey skins.

The pair have created aviation risk and threat assessment operational guidelines, to highlight risks posed by the donkey skin trade and its association with serious and organised criminal activity.

It is estimated that six million donkeys are killed for their skins each year, the majority in Africa, according to the latest figures from The Donkey Sanctuary.