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Updated 24 Aug, 2018

There's only one thing that Pakistanis probably love more than their own family. You guessed it: bakras.

Now that Eid's here, we don't know what's more awkward, the people and their obsessive relationship with their bakras or the fact that these 'unhealthy' relationships lead to a happy qurbani.

So here are 13 pictures people sent our way showing their love (and obsession) with bakras on the days leading up to Eid ul Azha.

1) When this guy missed his pet dog and decided to take his sheep for a walk instead

Photo submitted by @mystapaki - Instagram
Photo submitted by @mystapaki - Instagram

Ba ba woof...?

2) When this kid mistook it for a childhood best friend

Photo submitted by @maryam_mirza3 - Instagram
Photo submitted by @maryam_mirza3 - Instagram

Together forever, never apart... till Bakra Eid. Maybe in distance but never in the stomach... Or maybe not.

3) When the cameraman thought it was more important to focus on the bakra than their own sibling

Photo submitted by @whenishoot - Instagram
Photo submitted by @whenishoot - Instagram

Bakra feeling #OhSoFabulous #CoverBakraMaterial #SayHaaay

4) When the cow refused to play dog with this teeny tiny girl

Photo submitted by @syedasad378 - Instagram
Photo submitted by @syedasad378 - Instagram

Bad bakra! Bad bakra!

5) When this bakra refused to play eye to eye with the little boy

Photo submitted by @inst_abbas - Instagram
Photo submitted by @inst_abbas - Instagram

"Your eyes are like sunshine, your precious heart belongs to me because I love kata-kat"

6) When the owners dressed their sheep as the Khal Drogo of the herd

Photo submitted by @mumalmustafa - Instagram
Photo submitted by @mumalmustafa - Instagram

Except with ankle bells... and the missing Khaleesi

7) When this man challenged his cow to a race and lost miserably

Photo submitted by @syedasad378 - Instagram
Photo submitted by @syedasad378 - Instagram

Can you look this fabulous on Eid AND run like a race horse? I think not.

8) When the owners got a goat instead of a cheerleader and decided to decorate it with pompoms

Photo submitted by @whenishoot - Instagram
Photo submitted by @whenishoot - Instagram

Give me an S! Give me a W! Give me an A! Give me a G! Put it together and what do you get? SWAG! Hell yeah!

9) When the owner was desperate for a female companion and dressed their goat in a flower headband

Photo submitted by @heliumvanilla_ - Instagram
Photo submitted by @heliumvanilla_ - Instagram

She loves me, she loves me not...

10) When the goat became this photographer's muse

Photo submitted by @umaimaumi - Instagram
Photo submitted by @umaimaumi - Instagram

Working that side pose like nobody's business. Tyra Banks would be proud.

11) When the owner forgot the difference between Snoop Dogg and a bakra

Photo submitted by @aneesabatool - Instagram
Photo submitted by @aneesabatool - Instagram

Yo. What's up, dawg? Umm, I mean bakra... #Awkward

12) When this man forced his goat to play with his pet monkey

Photo submitted by @ridabee - Instagram
Photo submitted by @ridabee - Instagram

Totally doesn't remind us of the time we were forced to play with our younger siblings. Pfft. Totally not.

13) When the little boys thought giving it a bath would wash away its sins before the sacrifice

Photo submitted by @shyza_ - Instagram
Photo submitted by @shyza_ - Instagram

"Imma give you that Congo virus. This is WAR!" evil grin

Comments

Mustafa Sep 13, 2016 12:03pm
Mercy to these innocent livea
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Skeptic Sep 13, 2016 01:56pm
All Flash. .At least the cattle are humble, and resigned to their fate of being served as Biryani or Kebab on someone's table!
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Bilal Sep 13, 2016 02:19pm
Quite lame, to say the least.
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Salman Khan Sep 13, 2016 07:41pm
Let them do what makes them happy & you do the same
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Your brother in Islam from Pak! Sep 14, 2016 06:00pm
Just pictures of little children on Eid day would have much greater impact with some pictures of with their qurbanni.
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Sania Saeed Sep 15, 2016 08:57am
@Skeptic Hardly resign to their fate when the poor animals feet are tied and their throats are slashed. We need to face reality of what qurbani really is. And it's not pleasant for the poor animal.
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Umair Aug 24, 2018 05:45pm
@Sania Saeed : so where does the meat you eat comes from other than Eid? Why are you only concerned on eid?
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kk Aug 24, 2018 05:51pm
Can't imagine feeding and taking good care of the bakra and then slaughtering it and eating it. Only a heartless person can do it.
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SadFaces Aug 24, 2018 05:52pm
Nice Pics but weak attempt at comedy.
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Junaid H. Aug 24, 2018 06:08pm
what a lame article. If it was written to be funny it was not. I am still trying to understand purpose of this article. People love their animals and how this is "unhealthy". What point you are trying to prove by ridiculing people. So pathetic.
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chandan joshi Aug 24, 2018 06:28pm
Lame article, as if there is nothing to share in pakistan as photographer...
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Khalid Toronto Aug 24, 2018 06:44pm
Who is giving the qurbaani - the animals or the people?
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Chandio Khan Aug 24, 2018 06:44pm
Can Dawn be any more tone-deaf
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Nil Swain Aug 24, 2018 07:08pm
This should not be a public celebration of killing animals cruelly/crudely. This will lead societies and innocent young minds to be indifferent to suffering and cultivate brutality. This should be a moment of true sacrifice and self reflection.
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fawad Aug 24, 2018 07:39pm
"They pretty much treat them like humans" as they should!
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Farhan Aug 24, 2018 09:30pm
I stopped offering animal on Eid. Last tim when we slaughtered bakra my son couldn't take it positive and he was sick for a week in pain. It was wrong that I didnt told him that one day we are killing the bakra. He loved the animal as pet.
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Naxalite Aug 24, 2018 10:02pm
Lame. This is usual practice on Bakra Eid
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Muba Aug 24, 2018 10:43pm
@Sania Saeed by your logic we shouldn't eat plants too..after all we use sharp shiny blades to cut their bodies in little pieces too
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Nasir J Khan Aug 25, 2018 02:44am
Pssst! No 4; Its not 'Cow' its the Bull. Look Carefully!
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Sameer Aug 25, 2018 04:13am
Children are so much more human than grown ups. Their love unadulterated...I find it wonderful, hopeful and fascinating...something interactive desk's misplaced wanna be meme'r wouldnt understand.
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Venkatesh Aug 25, 2018 05:38am
@Khalid Toronto Excellent question! I have been wondering about the same thing!
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kuku Aug 25, 2018 07:10am
Medieval practices should be discarded, this is not kurbani. Please spare these animals.
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saeed Aug 25, 2018 07:27am
@kk So you dont eat meat on normal days?????
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amin Aug 25, 2018 09:58am
Number six is not a cow. and number 12 has nothing to do with qurbani.
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Harambe Aug 25, 2018 10:18am
In #4, that animal is a bull! A BULL!
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