Albino buffalo dubbed ‘Donald Trump’ draws crowds at Bangladesh zoo

A rare albino buffalo nicknamed “Donald Trump” has become a sensation at Bangladesh’s national zoo after a video of the animal’s blond tuft of hair went viral, local media and officials said.

A local farmer first noticed the resemblance and a video of the pale, horned buffalo spread across social media, drawing crowds to a farm outside Dhaka, local reports said.

The animal had been sold and was slated for slaughter during Eid al-Adha, but government officials intervened and ordered it transferred to the national zoo in the capital, local media reported.

The zoo initially displayed a sign identifying the animal as “Donald Trump,” though local reports said the sign was later removed. The zoo’s curator was later fired; officials did not publicly disclose a reason, local media told The Associated Press. Visitors continued to gather at the enclosure to take photos and videos.

Some visitors embraced the comparison. “There is a resemblance to Donald Trump in its eyes, hairstyle, and skin color,” Mohammed Nasim, a student in Dhaka, told The Associated Press. “And just as Donald Trump has a distinctive personality and lifestyle, this buffalo, after going viral, is now living a similar kind of life, enjoying a lot of attention and special treatment.” Others called the name inappropriate. “Giving a farm animal the name of one of the world’s most influential leaders was certainly the wrong thing to do,” local resident Mohammad Joynal Adedin told The Associated Press. “It seems disrespectful. I think the farmer who did this made a poor decision.”

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