As Eid al-Adha is approaching fast, the breeders of Karachi city have started bringing down their Qurbani animals from their rooftops, reported the 24NewsHD TV channel.
In a recent video that went viral on social media, a resident of Nazim Abad brought down his seven cows with the help of a crane from the rooftop.
A large number of people rushed to see the scene as the cattle were lowered by a crane from the top of a four-story home.
The video clip has sparked a debate about animal cruelty online yet again.
A number of the faithful in the country raise their own calves at home a few months before Eid al-Adha.
Due to the crowded population, agricultural land scarcity, and irregular urbanization in Karachi, people sometimes keep their animals on their roofs to grow.
Although the Sindh government has put a ban on lifting animals via crane to or from the rooftop. The faithful continue to use a crane to airlift their animals and then be brought down to the ground.
In the year 2020, a bull fell to the ground and died when it was taken down by a crane from the roof of a house in Sarjani Town Sector Karachi.
After the tragic incident, a ban was imposed on taking animals down from the roof with the help of a crane
According to the Sindh Livestock Department, cruelty to animals is a violation of animal rights under the Act of 1990.
"Most of the animals are injured while unloading the sacrificial animals from the roof."