Family protests over 'gang rape of donkey'

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Family donkey 'was sexually assaulted'

A family in Pakistan is reportedly protesting outside a police station over the officials' refusal to lay charges against six men who, they say, "gang raped" their donkey. According to the Daily Pakistan, the men initially tried to buy the animal before sexually assaulting it and leaving. They returned a short while later and stole the donkey at gunpoint.

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