“Rani” .. the smallest cow in the world causes a crisis in Bangladesh

Thousands defied the coronavirus lockdown in Bangladesh to see Rani, a 51-centimetre-high cow, whose breeders said it was the smallest of its kind in the world.

The 23-month-old dwarf cow became a media star after it was spotlighted by dozens of newspapers and television channels on a farm near Dhaka.

The weight of “Rani” is only 26 kilograms, and its breeders reported that it is 10 centimeters shorter than the smallest cow in the Guinness Book of Records.

Pictures of “Rani” on social media caused a state of excitement.

With transportation shut down across the country due to Bangladesh’s record number of coronavirus infections and deaths, people are rushing rickshaws to the farm in Charigram, 30 km southwest of Dhaka, to see the cow.

People travel long distances despite the closure imposed to combat the Corona virus to take selfies with Rani, and the farm manager explained that Guinness officials promised to make a decision within three months.

Guinness World Records indicated that the height of “Manicyam” of the Fishor breed was 61 centimeters in June 2014.

A domestic cattle stands next to a dwarf cow named Rani, whose owners applied to the Guinness Book of Records claiming it to be the smallest cow in the world, at a cattle farm in Charigram, Bangladesh
Credit: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images

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A dwarf cow named Rani is surrounded by cattle while being measured by its owners, who applied to the Guinness Book of Records claiming it to be the smallest cow in the world, in Charigram, Bangladesh.

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