NewsThousands want to see mini cows in Bangladesh

Thousands want to see mini cows in Bangladesh

It is only half a meter tall and has become a sight in Bangladesh. The little cow Rani attracts a lot of curious people.

Dhaka – Thousands of people in Bangladesh want to look at a mini-cow – although there is currently a nationwide lockdown. The farm that houses the cow named Rani recently announced that it was the smallest cow in the world with a height of 51 centimeters.

In the meantime, the farm has closed its gates to visitors in view of the rapidly increasing corona numbers in the country, the manager of the company, Tanvir Hasan, told the German press agency on Monday. Last week, more than 35,000 people visited the 23-month-old Rani, who is smaller than many dogs, in the farm southwest of the capital Dhaka. Many would have wanted to take photos with her.

So far, the cow Manikyam from Bangladesh’s neighbor India holds the title in the Guinness Book of Records for the smallest cow in the world. She was therefore 61.1 centimeters tall in 2014. Hasan said that the Guinness Book has shown interest in verifying whether Rani is the smallest cow. His company submitted all the documents required for this.

Rani was bought by a cattle dealer in the north of Bangladesh last year and now lives with 152 cattle on the farm. During the day, the animal, which is almost 59 centimeters long and weighs 26 kilograms, lives with its larger fellows; sleep in a separate, more comfortable area.

According to the head of the responsible regional livestock authority, Sajedul Islam, the small Bhutti cow is unlikely to grow any longer – the short stature presumably comes from inbreeding (genetic inbreeding depletion). Such animals generally lived shorter than their own species and were more likely to have diseases. Islam, in its own words, recently visited the cow; she was healthy. dpa

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