Pakistani Government bans on the export of donkey hides till the time the provinces worked out a mechanism to properly dispose off carcasses of the animal
By.Asghar Ali Mubarak
ISLAMABAD: Once again Violation starts in twin Rawalpindi /Islamabad city as several dead donkeys seen on IJP Road openly to transfer one to other places for illegal activities . This correspondent on Friday observes that a lot number of dead donkeys were openly trying to shifted other places in presence of local police near carriage factory Islamabad. The Pakistani meat. After the Punjab Food Authority discovered that donkey meat was being passed off as beef in restaurants, the federal government on last month banned export of donkey meat and hides to clampdown against illegal slaughtering of the animal. Last month the Punjab Food Authority had discovered that pig and donkey meat was being sold as beef.The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) during a meeting at the PM House in September, slapped a ban on the export of donkey hides till the time the provinces worked out a mechanism to properly dispose off carcasses of the animal, according to the Ministry of Finance.The Ministry of National Food Security and Research noted that many news channels have been criticizing the provincial governments for failing to check this activity. The federal ministry threw the responsibility of illegal slaughtering on provincial governments who, despite having Food Safety Authority departments, could not check the illegal act. Pakistan has the second largest population of donkeys in the world, estimated at 5 million. Model Customs Collectorate Karachi had also highlighted the issue of abnormal increase in the export of donkey hides.The exports are largely made to China, Vietnam and Hong Kong. The hides are used for producing anti-wrinkle creams, gelatin for human consumption and other cosmetic products. The ministry noted that donkeys are either brutally killed or even poisoned for obtaining unblemished hide. In 2013-14, as many as 59,634 donkeys’ hides valuing Rs44 million were exported –the figure that jumped to 129,898 hides worth Rs147 million in the last fiscal year. The donkey hides fetch higher price in the international market than the buffalo hide and is sold in the range of Rs18,000 to Rs20,000, according to summary of Ministry of National Food Security and Research. The ECC took the decision of ban after media reported illegal sale of the donkey meat in major cities of the country. In the last fiscal year, the exports of donkey hides grew by 217 per cent to 129,898 hides, according to official figures. It is suspected that the meat of same numbers of donkeys was sold in the urban areas, particularly in Punjab.
More over the Donkey Burger (Chinese: 驴肉火烧; pinyin: lǘròu huǒshāo) is a kind of sandwich commonly eaten in Baoding and Hejian, Hebei Province, China, where it is considered a local specialty, as well as in other places in China. Chopped or shredded donkey meat is placed within a huǒshāo or shao being, a roasted, semi-flaky bread pocket, and eaten as a snack or as part of a meal. The meat is often served cold, often with green pepper or cilantro leaves, in a warm huoshao.Donkey burgers are a popular street food, but can also be found on the menus of high-end restaurants. Two famous Donkey Burger restaurants are “Great Flavor” (好滋味) and “Old Donkey Head” (老驴头). A well-known saying, especially in Baoding (and elsewhere in Hebei province), is “In Heaven there is dragon meat, on Earth there is donkey meat” (天上龙肉，地上驴肉). The “dragon” character is actually an abbreviation for a certain type of pheasant-like bird.Donkey burgers has two style, Baoding style and Hejian style. Baoding style use round huoshao, Hejian style use rectangle huoshao.Donkey burgers originated in the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, the military of Zhu Di had nothing to eat, so soldiers began to kill and eat their horses. The local people followed, and began eating horse meat. However, since horses are a valuable resource, common people substituted donkey meat and considered it tastier.
Donkey burgers became popular towards the end of the Qing dynasty after the Beijing-Hankou railway line was built, as donkeys were no longer needed to transport goods in and out of Beijing. When departing from Beijing, Baoding is the first major city on the Beijing-Hankou railway line. The traditional freight industry was hit particularly hard there, and as a result, donkey burgers became most popular in Baoding.
