Karachi's rooftop cattle get a crane lift to the ground
Residents of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, watched as cattle were lowered by crane from the top of a four-storey home ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha.
Unlike other Muslims who buy animals for slaughter a few days before the sacrificial holiday, Syed Ejaz Ahmad, 55, said raising his own calves was more economical.
Ahmad started raising calves in a rooftop shed about 15 years ago. As they grew in size, it became difficult to lead oxen down the narrow staircase of his house. His solution? Call a crane service.
The operation has become an annual event in Ahmad's neighborhood of Nazimabad, where a crowd cheered as it watched the spectacle unfold.
