As you know, here in Solapur we have been trying to reduce the number of colic (gut pain) cases caused by donkeys eating plastic bags. The problem is that people throw out their waste food in plastic bags, and the donkeys end up eating the plastic bag together with the food. In the worst cases, the plastic bags block the gut and the donkey dies a painful death.

The new education and awareness project I did this April has shown me very good results. What I did was place a food drum for donkeys in a donkey owning colony (neighbourhood) and asked the local people to put their food stuff in this drum in the evening and in the morning I asked a donkey owner who lives near to the colony to collect the food.

This has worked in a very good way as the people put every day food stuff in the drum and the next morning the donkey owner gave the food to his donkeys. For this trial I have targeted colonies with more than 50 to 100 houses.

So by this we can solve many problems like good food for donkeys, avoid colic cases, avoid road accidents as donkeys will get food and they will not move on the roads for food. Also the donkey owner with whom I did this is now tying his donkeys after the work and not leaving them on the street.

All the newspapers have also brought this news in their papers and due to this I am getting many calls saying we are ready to help you by giving food in your bin. One club has also given me a call saying that they want to donate 10 food bins for this good work.