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autotldr t1_ja0za79 wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 70%. (I'm a bot)


> BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed Saturday to impose new sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine targeting more officials and organizations accused of supporting the war, spreading propaganda or supplying drones, as well as restricting trade on products that could be used by the armed forces.

> The EU's Swedish presidency said the sanctions "Are directed at military and political decision-makers, companies supporting or working within the Russian military industry, and commanders in the Wagner Group. Transactions with some of Russia's largest banks are also prohibited."

> Asset freezes were slapped on three more Russian banks and seven Iranian "Entities" - companies, agencies, political parties or other organizations - that manufacture military drones, which the EU suspects have been used by Russia during the war.


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GT1man t1_ja0z8k7 wrote

If donkeys were fucking tasty, I'd say serve them up.

People getting offended that other places use animals for this when the western world has a huge animal use/food industry seems a little hypocritical.

In the U.S. we love chicken pork and beef. I don't think we care what islam thinks of us eating pork, or india thinks about us going through cattle faster than one person could count.

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WyrdHarper t1_ja0xkmi wrote

It talks about South Africa. The illegal donkey hide trade has been going on for years so not everything is in this specific one. This is not a new thing.

Various donkey and ass species in Africa get processed for hides and other byproducts and sold to parts of Europe or SEA (especially Thailand) due to their value in traditional medicines where the information about the source is laundered and they are sold globally.

The parent comment was quite ignorant about this well-known issue and its global public and animal health issues.

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