This week a most grotesque animal scenario has gone viral on networks: a farmer who moved to the city has tried to raise cows on the balcony of his apartment, located on the fifth floor. This scene that has taken place in the province of Sichuan (China) accumulates millions of reproductions on social networks.
The images, broadcast through the Douyin video platform (the Chinese version of TikTok), show us seven calves between 10 and 20 kilos each on the terrace of the house. The never seen.
Although the owner of the cattle planned to raise them in his home, his plans have been affected by the residents of the building. According to the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post, he only managed to keep his ‘pets’ on the balcony for one day.
After presenting several complaints about the bad smell that the calves gave off and the noise they made when mooing, they were evicted on July 14.
Far from ending here, the farmer does not give up. According to Fengmian News, the man has been fighting with the aforementioned administrators since the bovine eviction and has tried to put the calves back into his house.
This curious anecdote has caught the attention of Chinese Internet users, who have generally reacted with humor and even with understanding for the difficulty that people who arrive from rural areas have to adapt to life in the city and change their customs.
“I am sure that your cattle never thought that one day they would live in a building,” joked one user, while another ironized that “at least the situation shows that the construction of the building is of good quality.”
