Brooke USA joins forces with Ekō, a community of millions who act as global consumer watchdogs to hold the biggest companies in the world accountable for their actions to call on Amazon to stop selling products containing ejiao.
On Wednesday, October 16, at noon, friends and supporters are invited to Amazon HQ2, in Arlington, VA for the presentation of over 189,000 signed petitions demanding that Amazon remove ejiao (eh-gee-yow), the gelatin-like product derived from boiling the hides of donkeys and used in traditional Chinese medicine, from its retail platform.
The growing market for ejiao imperils donkey populations around the world and has spurred a cruel global trade that causes tremendous animal suffering and severely impacts communities that rely on donkeys for survival. The poorest people in the world rely on some 40 million donkeys every day to transport food and water, provide transportation, assist in farming, and earn a living. However, these vitally important animals face stark futures due to the increasingly high demand for ejiao.
We're asking our supporters to rally once again and let Amazon know they shouldn't be participating in the Donkey Hide Trade.
To sign the petition and share your displeasure with the sale of ejiao by Amazon, visit www.BrookeUSA.org/amazon and ask Andrew Jassy, CEO of Amazon to remove ejiao from the online platform. Can't remember if you signed before, no problem, sign again and then share the link with a friend. We need your help to deliver 200,000 signatures.
For more information on joining Brooke USA in Arlington, VA or looking at other options to help, reach out to Karen Moon at Karen.Moon@BrookeUSA.org.
To date, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), the world’s largest organization dedicated to equine veterinary medicine, American Fund for Alternatives to Animal Research (AFAAR), a non-profit committed to promote and assist in the development and use of alternatives to animals in all areas of science and science education, and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), one of the nation’s oldest animal protection organizations working to protect animals from cruelty, exploitation and extinction, are supporting these efforts by sharing information online, inviting their constituents to attend, writing leadership letters to Amazon or attending in person.
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