Program Term Archive
Ejiao
Ejecting Ejiao from the American Market
EquinesThe Ejiao Act (HR 5544), led by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), was reintroduced in September to protect donkeys from the inhumane trade in their hides. Donkey hides are boiled to...
Ejiao
EquinesEjiao (pronounced “eh-gee-yow”), a gelatin produced from boiled donkey hides, is used in traditional Chinese medicine and cosmetics. Soaring demand for this product in recent years has decimated China’s donkey...
Save Donkeys from the Brutal Skin Trade
EquinesDonkeys are valued and trusted companions around the world, yet these animals are being slaughtered in huge numbers to produce ejiao (pronounced “eh-gee-yow”)—gelatin made from boiling donkey hides. This product...
Ejiao Act Reintroduced as Consumer Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Protecting Donkeys from Dangerous Gelatin Trade
Press ReleaseSeptember 23, 2025EquinesToday, US Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) reintroduced the bipartisan Ejiao Act to ban the sale and trade of donkey-hide gelatin products in the United States; a recent survey shows that...
Ejiao Act
EquinesThe bipartisan Ejiao Act would prohibit the transport, sale, and purchase within the United States of products containing ejiao and of donkeys and donkey hides for the production of ejiao.
AWI Urges Etsy to Stop Selling Horsemeat, Donkey-Hide Gelatin
Press ReleaseDecember 17, 2024EquinesConsumers shopping on Etsy for the holidays may be shocked to learn that the online marketplace sells products containing horsemeat and ejiao (gelatin made from boiling donkey hides). Etsy should...
Amazon Faces Pressure Over Sale of Products Made from Donkey-Hide Gelatin
Press ReleaseOctober 16, 2024EquinesAnimal welfare advocates representing millions of people around the world gathered at Amazon HQ2 to hand-deliver over 370,000 petition signatures demanding that Amazon ban the sale of ejiao, a gelatin...
New York Urged to Protect Donkeys from Brutal Ejiao Trade
Press ReleaseSeptember 5, 2024EquinesToday, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and a dozen other animal protection groups and equine rescues urged New York Attorney General Letitia James to crack down on the sale of...
Ejiao Act Reintroduced to Protect Donkeys from Dangerous Gelatin Trade
Press ReleaseOctober 26, 2023EquinesUS Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) reintroduced the Ejiao Act Tuesday in the House of Representatives to ban the sale and trade of ejiao (donkey-hide gelatin) products in the United States....