Video: Cow born with 'human' head worshipped in India

Uttar Pradesh - However medical experts hold a different view.

A calf born with human-like facial features in India is driving the attention of hundreds of people from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.
According to a report published in the Daily Mail, the cow has human-likes eyes, nose and ears while rest of the body is that of a cow. The calf died within an hour of its birth.
The cow is driving the attention of the residents of the area, who have begun worshipping the animal considering it holy.
A video posted on social media show the body of the cow kept in a glass box as people visit it and pray.
"God has taken birth from the body of a local cow. We came here to seek his blessings," Mahesh Kathuria, 50, a local businessman who came to see the calf, was quoted saying by Daily Mail.
Raja Bhaiya Mishra, 55, the manager of the cow shelter, added, "It's a miracle that the calf was born in this shelter. Thousands of people have been here to see it. We will be cremating him in three days and a temple will be built for him. This avatar has most definitely created a devotion feeling amongst the people."
He added that the mother was rescued from a butcher and was brought to the shelter six months ago before she became pregnant.
However, medical experts hold a different view. Dr Ajay Deshmukh, senior veterinary doctor, at Wildlife SOS, in India, said: "This is a case of an anatomical anomaly. If a gene didn't develop properly or there was a fault, it causes multiple structural deformities, and such anomalies happen. It has got only scientific reasons and explanations, there's no superstitions here."

 

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