Oxen weighing more than 500 kilograms (1,100
pounds) each are lowered from a rooftop by crane
and dangle in the air over a narrow alleyway in
Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, August 4.
How did they get on the roof?
Because of the congestion in the city, cowherds
rear animals on the roof of buildings. The young
calves are bought up there and then inevitably
grow too bulky to be maneuvered down the stairs.
The solution -- call a crane service.
The cattle will be sacrificed for the upcoming Eid
al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, one of the most
important Islamic holidays marking the
willingness of the Prophet lbrahim (Abraham) to
sacrifice his son. During this holiday Muslims