Message Delivered to Amazon: Stop Selling Ejiao

On October 16, AWI and other advocacy groups rallied in front of Amazon’s second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, to deliver more than 370,000 petition signatures urging the company to ban the sale of ejiao, a gelatin made from donkey hides. Millions of donkeys are killed each year to supply skins for a growing trade in ejiao, which is used in foods, supplements, cosmetics, and traditional Chinese medicines.

AWI also led a letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James, signed by animal protection and equine rescue groups statewide, urging her to crack down on Amazon’s sale of ejiao in New York. The state recently passed a law prohibiting the slaughter of equines and the sale of horseflesh for consumption. At the federal level, Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) leads the bipartisan Ejiao Act (HR 6021), which would prohibit the sale of ejiao in the United States.

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