Governments allowing the slaughter of donkeys for the sale of their skins: Stop slaughtering donkeys for their skins

Here in South Africa our SPCA is prosecuting those
found to have stolen a lot of donkeys and to have brutally killed them for their
skins, some have even been skinned alive.  But the more this is publicized, the more apparent it becomes that this is a worldwide problem which has been going on for some time. There are several strong points
to be made&colon

• Cruelty to any
  animal debases the person who inflicts it. 
  There is a close relationship between human abuse and animal abuse.
• Donkeys have a value
  which far exceeds that of their skins (and also their meat, for which they
  are also sadly sold in some parts of the world). 
• The difficulty
  is that this is seldom if ever reflected in the selling and buying prices
  of donkeys. 
• Of all our
  domestic animals, and being the most long&dashlived and disease&dashresistant,
  donkeys contribute a value far in excess of price.
• Millions of
  poor people around the world depend on donkeys for household economic
  support, particularly in their role as transport for goods and people.  Donkey theft is a threat those human
  lives.
• The better we
  know them, the more we find that donkeys can contribute&colon in therapies for
  damaged humans, in tourism, in stock and environment protection. 
• Their
  intelligence and readiness for work are remarkable qualities that should
  not be wasted

Have a close look at what donkeys can really do, and revise opinions of their value.