Thailand has asked the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) to endorse its status of being free from the African Horse Sickness (AHS) so that the kingdom can resume international equestrian events, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Findings from The Donkey Sanctuary details the possibility of another incident in Thailand like the 2020 AHS outbreak due to the unregulated, unsanitary, and often illegal trade in donkey skins used in traditional Chinese medicine