{"id":829749,"date":"2026-05-29T09:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/829749\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:24:31","slug":"albino-buffalo-spared-from-sacrifice-due-to-resemblance-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/829749\/","title":{"rendered":"Albino buffalo spared from sacrifice due to resemblance to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albino buffalo spared from sacrifice due to resemblance to Trump<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wmur.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WMUR logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:37 AM EDT May 28, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAn albino buffalo, nicknamed &#8220;Donald Trump,&#8221; was slated for sacrifice in Bangladesh, but was spared due to the animal&#8217;s perceived resemblance to U.S. President Donald Trump.The buffalo was scheduled to be sacrificed for the Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha, but Bangladeshi officials ordered that the buffalo be spared.Home Minister of Bangladesh Salahuddin Ahmed cited security concerns as the reason for the decision after a surge of public interest before Thursday\u2019s festival, The Guardian reported. The buyer was refunded, and the buffalo will be moved to the national zoo in Dhaka, Ahmed said. The animal first drew attention in the local community, and then quickly became an internet sensation worldwide \u2013 all due to its slick, blond mane.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"dateline\">BANGLADESH \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>An albino buffalo, nicknamed &#8220;Donald Trump,&#8221; was slated for sacrifice in Bangladesh, but was spared due to the animal&#8217;s perceived resemblance to U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The buffalo was scheduled to be sacrificed for the Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha, but Bangladeshi officials ordered that the buffalo be spared.<\/p>\n<p>Home Minister of Bangladesh Salahuddin Ahmed cited security concerns as the reason for the decision after a surge of public interest before Thursday\u2019s festival, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/28\/blond-bangladeshi-buffalo-nicknamed-donald-trump-saved-from-eid-sacrifice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Guardian reported.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The buyer was refunded, and the buffalo will be moved to the national zoo in Dhaka, Ahmed said. <\/p>\n<p>The animal first drew attention in the local community, and then quickly became an internet sensation worldwide \u2013 all due to its slick, blond mane. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Albino buffalo spared from sacrifice due to resemblance to Trump Updated: 11:37 AM EDT May 28, 2026 Editorial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":829750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[27],"tags":[340547,2837,340551,340555,340550,340557,55246,69,339250,281121,35961,340548,301782,15433,339437,58218,340552,340549,159,124447,26012,25442,340556,340554,340553,67,132,68,339440,837,96619],"class_list":["post-829749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-albino-buffalo","tag-bangladesh","tag-blond-mane","tag-buffalo-nicknamed","tag-buyer-refunded","tag-demand-menu-subscribe","tag-dhaka","tag-donald-trump","tag-eid-al-adha","tag-internet-sensation","tag-local-community","tag-muslim-holiday","tag-national-zoo","tag-page","tag-privacy-notice-term","tag-public-interest","tag-sacrifice-spared","tag-salahuddin-ahmed","tag-science","tag-security-concerns","tag-shnd","tag-the-guardian","tag-thursday-festival","tag-trump-resemblance","tag-u-s-president","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-use-nextfre","tag-wildlife","tag-wjcl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}