Bonded labour and donkey ownership in the brick kilns of India: A need for reform of policy and practice

Slavery, in the form of ‘debt-bondage’, is rife in Indian brick kilns, where the enforcement of labour laws is poor. Working equids support brick-kiln workers by transporting raw bricks into the kilns, but the situation of equids and their owners within the brick kilns is relatively unknown. We desc...

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Main Authors: Laura M Kubasiewicz, Tamlin Watson, Caroline Nye, Natasha Chamberlain, Ramesh K Perumal, Ramesh Saroja, Stuart L Norris, Zoe Raw, Faith A Burden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-01-01
Series:Animal Welfare
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0962728623000015/type/journal_article