According to the website of the Botswana government, MPs are calling for the country’s underperforming ostrich abattoir in Gaborone to be turned into a facility for slaughtering donkeys.

Following agriculture minister Johnnie Swartz’s statement in Parliament that the abattoir suffers from low levels of supply, MPs suggested an alternative use for the facility. Mr Swartz said that there are currently 46 ostrich farmers whose combined output is 4,100 - way below the break-even output of 15,000 birds required by the abattoir on an annual basis.

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