Donkey Herds Are Dwindling As Hungry Venezuelans Slaughter Them For Food

"A few years ago, there were so many donkeys, or burros, in the Venezuelan state of Falcón that they were a problem — herds everywhere, causing highway crashes and blocking airport runways. But over the past three years, the herds have shrunk dramatically as thousands of burros have been slaughtered for their meat by Venezuelans suffering through a near-famine.'There’s no more burros here,' said Odalys Martinez, a resident of the Paraguana Peninsula in northern Falcón."