In Bangladesh, an albino buffalo sporting a lick of hair startlingly similar to US President Donald Trump's signature coiffure, has been spared the chopping block and become something of a crowd favorite at a local zoo.

Visitors have been lining up at Mirpur National Zoo in Dhaka to visit the 700-kilogram bovine known as "Donald Trump" at his new home.

The buffalo was due to be sacrificed but was saved after government stepped inImage: Salahuddin Ahmed/AFP

Last minute reprieve

Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star reported that the buffalo was initially destined to become an Eid sacrifice, but had been spared at the last minute following government intervention.