This image is published by The Donkey Sanctuary, under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence.

Following a talk by Sanctuary staff, children at the N V Patel Vidyamandir School in Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat state, produced this and other wonderful paintings. They give an insight into two areas where donkeys are used locally to help earn a living - as beasts of burden for potters and railway maintenance staff. Pay is meagre in these areas of work and as a result donkeys are often overworked and overloaded