The celebrity acquired on social networks helped an albino buffalo from Bangladesh, who had received the name “Donald Trump”, to avoid the ritual of slaughter on the occasion of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha and to join other animals from the National Zoo in this Asian country, informs AFP, taken by Agerpres.
This 700-kilogram buffalo, a rare albino specimen, whose spectacular tuft of blond hair between its horns is reminiscent of the American president's hairstyle, was supposed to be slaughtered on Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) on Thursday in Bangladesh, a country with a majority Muslim population.
But, a few hours before it was slaughtered, the Government of this country intervened to save the animal, which became a real star in the online environment.
Atique Rahman, a species conservation specialist at the National Zoo, assured that the animal will be well cared for: “We have reserved a shelter for the albino buffalo and assigned a guard. It will be quarantined for two weeks.”
Zia Uddin Mridha, 38, the former owner of the buffalo 'Donald Trump', has revealed that his younger brother is the person who gave him that name as a tribute to his 'extraordinary hairstyle'. He added that for a month now, influencers, curious people and children have been flocking to his farm in Narayanganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka, the country's capital, hoping to catch a glimpse of this unexpected internet star.
The farmer nevertheless decided to sell the buffalo before Eid al-Adha. More than 12 million animals – goats, sheep, cows and buffalo – will be slaughtered that day, one of the few opportunities for the poorest families to eat meat.
But the Police then intervened, after the Government of the country decided that the animal should be spared. “The animal husbandry services asked us to retrieve the buffalo from its owner because it is a rare animal,” said Mohammad Ruhul Quddus, head constable of Dhaka's Keraniganj Police Station, where the buffalo was taken.
That agency's experts estimated that the buffalo “Donald Trump” is “still very young and may live for several years to come.”
