Blond-haired buffalo 'Donald Trump' draws crowds at Bangladesh zoo
28.05.2026,
dpa
Photo: Nazrul Islam/dpa
Crowds lined up in Bangladesh on Thursday to visit an albino buffalo nicknamed “Donald Trump” that was spared from slaughter during the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha after becoming a social media sensation.
The more than 700-kilogram buffalo drew widespread attention because of its blond comb-over, which many said resembled the hairstyle of US President Donald Trump.
The animal was transferred to Mirpur National Zoo in Dhaka on Wednesday night after the Bangladeshi government intervened to save it.
Zoo director Rafiqul Islam Talukder said the buffalo was moved to the facility following the government’s decision.
The buffalo had been raised for the past 10 months at Rabeya Agro Farm in Narayanganj, outside Dhaka, where it attracted a steady stream of curious visitors.
Farm owner Zia Uddin Mridha said his brother named the buffalo after Trump because of its unusual hair and facial resemblance to the US president.
An individual had bought the animal and planned to sacrifice it during Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice. Interior Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said the government was reimbursing the buyer now that it is under protection at the Dhaka zoo.
Visitors crowded around the enclosure to catch a glimpse of the now-famous animal.
"Oh, at last, Donald Trump is in the zoo. It is better he was not slaughtered, at least," said one visitor, trying to film the animal's movements through the fence.
"Is it Donald Trump? Look, here is Trump," said another man, pointing the animal out to his child while walking past the enclosure, where the bull stood tied with a rope under a shaded area surrounded by lush greenery.
Authorities placed a sign on the fence identifying the animal as “White Buffalo (Donald Trump) Albino Buffalo.”
Another visitor, Ajmal Haq, said the animal should have been slaughtered as a symbol of eliminating the US president, whom he accused of being responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in the Gaza Strip and Iran.
Still, he said it was good that the government had placed the animal in the zoo.
“Let the people see Trump as a bull in Bangladesh,” Haq said.
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