Kenyan donkeys could be forced to redo their toilet training, in a bid to improve town sanitation.
Municipal officials in the town of Limuru have ruled that the animals must wear diapers, so as to keep the town's streets clean.
However, outraged donkey owners have reacted angrily to the council plans, with one saying to the BBC "if we have to put nappies on our donkeys, soon they will say our cows need them too".
While Limuru mayor James Kuria stressed that the donkey droppings had to be dealt with, water trader Simon Karnau told the BBC he struggled to see how the council plans would work.
"In…the three years I have been in this business, I have never tied a nappy on a donkey," he said.
"The problem is that the donkey can give you a fatal kick. I was once kicked by a donkey and it broke my leg. What the council should do is come to us traders and show us how to tie the nappies on the donkeys."
Mr Kuria said that he would travel to towns where donkey diapers were used, to find out the best methods of application.
