The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a shipment containing 10,603 donkey penises, presumed headed for China, highlighting the scale of illicit wildlife trafficking through the country’s borders, The Cable has reported. The 40-foot container was seized on June 5 along the Kaduna–Abuja Expressway, following an intelligence-led operation. According to a briefing by customs officials, the seizure was executed by the Special Wildlife Office in collaboration with the Customs Intelligence Unit. Animal parts such as donkey penises are frequently trafficked to meet demand in traditional medicine markets, particularly in China, where they are believed to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties. As local donkey populations decline, traffickers increasingly source animals from African countries like Nigeria, desp