Oxen weighing more than 500 kilograms (1,100<br />pounds) each are lowered from a rooftop by crane<br />and dangle in the air over a narrow alleyway in<br />Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, August 4.<br />How did they get on the roof?<br />Because of the congestion in the city, cowherds<br />rear animals on the roof of buildings. The young<br />calves are bought up there and then inevitably<br />grow too bulky to be maneuvered down the stairs.<br />The solution -- call a crane service.<br />The cattle will be sacrificed for the upcoming Eid<br />al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, one of the most<br />important Islamic holidays marking the<br />willingness of the Prophet lbrahim (Abraham) to<br />sacrifice his son. During this holiday Muslims
