This is the incredibly heart-warming story of a group of people who came together to save a helpless animal that would otherwise have lost its life, and its calf, in a road accident. Around 8.45 pm on Saturday, there was a smattering of vehicles plying on Jayamahal Extension 2nd main road, along the mosque and the compound of the burial grounds, when two cows were seen attempting to cross the road.
The driver of the car, who was speeding, reportedly tried to overtake the animals sharply but rammed into the right hind flank of one of the cows. Even while the animal screamed in pain, the callous driver sped away, but one of the motorists chased him and managed to take his driver's license and phone number before he jumped back in the vehicle and sped away.
"A traffic policeman who reached the spot around 9 pm called for medical help and back up, but in vain. Fortunately, a veterinary doctor, Dr Mahmood Abbas, who was passing by with his friend saw the cow and rushed to help. Though the road was pitch-dark with barely any streetlights, people from the crowd used the lights from their mobile phones to help the doctor see, as he began a procedure lasting nearly three hours on the wounded animal.
Another onlooker, Syed Rasoul, ran into the Muslim burial ground nearby and returned with a piece of cloth that he used as a makeshift rope to hobble the animal whilst the surgery was being performed. Someone else brought a bucket of water which they used to wash the cow's wounds and calm it down. The operation went on for nearly three hours, and it was well after midnight by the time the injured animal's wounds had been stitched.
Had it not been for the intervention of some selfless, compassionate passersby including a veterinary surgeon named - who performed an operation lasting two hours on the animal in the middle of the road - the victim would not have made it.
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