The headline above stopped me in my tracks. Naturally, I had to drop in and read the story.
A few days ago, 16 sacks of donkey
penises were seized from smugglers at the international airport in Lagos, Nigeria. The penises, which are used in traditional
Chinese medicine, were bound for market in Hong Kong.
The shadowy market for Nigerian
donkey penises and skins is broad enough to be diminishing the donkey
population to a point where they are threatened with extinction. Lawmakers in Nigeria have passed laws prohibiting
the international sales of donkey skins and penises to save the animals.
Rest assured; I am no threat to
the donkeys. I prefer my medicine in the
form of tiny, blandly-colored pills chased by a shot of Scotch.
Source: AP
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