Bizarre! Cow swallows 20 gram gold chain, owner gets it removed surgically

Taming animals when it comes to eating food is a hard job. But sometimes what an animal swallows can really amuse us. Point in case, a cow accidentally swallowed a 20-gram gold chain in Karnataka and obviously, it was tragic for the owner.

This cow however is a pet of Srikanth Hegde and family living in Heepanahalli, Sirsi Taluk, Uttara Kannada district. They own a 4-year-old cow and a calf.

On the eve of Diwali, during the Gow Puja ceremony, the family bathed the cow and calf and performed puja. A cow in India is considered very sacred during this time. So naturally, cows are decked up in flower garlands. Some people also consider the cow as a form of ‘Lakshmi’, goddess of wealth so they end up adorning cows with gold jewellery and worship them as well.

The Hedge family was trying to do just that but all of it went sideways. The family adorned the calf with a 20-gram gold chain. After worshipping the animal, they removed the chain along with flower garlands and kept it aside.

However, after a while, all of it was missing. The family started looking for the chain all over. They searched the cowshed as well until the family got suspicious that the cow might have swallowed the chain. While they were away for a moment, the cow might have just swallowed the chain along with the flowers kept as offerings.

According to News18, for more than a month, the Hedge family religiously checked the cow and calf’s dung but were disappointed to not find anything. Finally, they took the cow to a veterinarian and after detection found out that the chain was stuck inside the stomach.

The family decided to get the cow operated on to get the chain. The chain now weighs 18 grams since a small bit of the chain remains missing. The family is relieved to get their gold chain back — but upset the animal had to go through all the ordeal. The cow is now said to be recovering from the surgery.