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SIRSA: A stray bull is enjoying the care of a family in Kalanwali town of Sirsa district after it swallowed gold jewellery that was discarded accidentally, along with kitchen waste. The family members are anxiously waiting for the bull to excrete the ornaments after they brought the animal home with great difficulty.

Janakraj, a resident of ward 6 of Kalanwali, said his wife and daughter-in-law had taken off their gold ornaments and kept those in a bowl that was placed in the kitchen. He said the bowl got hid under vegetable peels, and his mother threw the leftovers outside to feed stray cattle.

Janakraj said a few minutes later, when his mother was standing in the street, her eyes fell on a gold earring. He said she lifted the earring and showed it to the family members, who realised they had kept the jewellery in the kitchen. He said when they went to the kitchen, they could not find the jewellery there.

He said after that, they examined CCTV cameras installed in the house, and the gold jewellery was thrown out along with the kitchen waste. After going through the CCTV camera footage, they discovered that about 40g gold jewellery, including tops, chain, and rings were eaten with the kitchen waste by a half-tailed stray bull.

They went looking for the stray bull with a half tail in several streets of the town. After about three hours, the family found the stray bull sitting at an open place in a street. After that, Janakraj and his family members tried to bring the bull home, but could not control the animal, so they called a veterinary doctor.

After a lot of effort, the stray bull was tranquilised and brought to a vacant plot near Janakaraj’s house. The vet told the family to feed jaggery and bananas, along with fodder to the bull so that it could pass out the jewellery in the dung. Janakraj said they had no success yet in getting the gold ornaments yet.

Veterinary surgeon Vijay Sansanwal said animal feed and other food items lying in the first abdomen named rumen and these may be removed with an easy operation of rumenotomy. Plastic bags, jewellery, and nails in the rumen are difficult to be passed out through dung, he said. He said the rumen is big and can carry up to 250 litres of water, along with fodder and animal feed.

