Gumtree bans the sale of donkeys on site

Gumtree bans the sale of donkeys on site

2017-02-27 22:21
James de Villiers, News24
Cape Town – The popular e-commerce website Gumtree South Africa has decided to ban the sale of all donkeys and mules on its website.
This after the National Council for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) lobbied to the website for the removal.
In a statement, the NSPCA said it is a significant step towards their ultimate goal of having no live animals traded online.
Online trading gives a forum to dubious practices including backyard breeding, trading in wildlife and exotic animals, the organisation said.
"Online advertising effectively treats animals as commodities - which they are not."
In January the Mail & Guardian revealed that an alleged Chinese syndicate was illegally slaughtering donkeys. It had stocked more than 5 000 skins in a shack and a metal container in Benoni.
Upon arrival police confiscated the skins. People who work in the area told the publication that "the skins belong to the Chinese" and that a truck often came to collect the skins. The skins are estimated to be worth up to R7 000 each.
In the statement the NSPCA thanked Gumtree for the major step forward.
"We call upon other websites to follow this worthy lead and to widen this to include all animals."

Great news

The donkeys have last laugh Hehaw

i sell stuffed toy donkeys online.

i am blocked as well.

More donkey skins in the news.

i dont think i understand why so many donkeys in the news lately.

is this an industry or are they all illegal?

Sylvester wrote: More donkey skins in the news.

i dont think i understand why so many donkeys in the news lately.

is this an industry or are they all illegal?

No Sly ...they like the horses I back..real slow... which makes them easy game :woohoo:

Oh yeah... and then someone invents something like the gelatine from their hides can make you a RAM OF NOTE .... so the price goes up....etc...etc...you see where I am going with this.

Human beings, the scar and the scourge of the earth. We will destroy our planet for a quick buck.

chicken n chips wrote: Human beings, the scar and the scourge of the earth. We will destroy our planet for a quick buck.

Spot on ... we are this planets cancer... we WILL destroy our host.