Local authorities in India were faced with a beastly problem on Friday: how to remove an angry bull from a rooftop.

The animal had climbed of its own accord up to a first-floor roof in Sikir, Rajasthan via some outside stairs.

When local residents saw the hefty bovine, they tried to shoo it away but instead of heading back down, the bull climbed another flight of stairs to the second-floor roof.

After again failing to get the bull to leave, locals called in the authorities.

Staff from the Department of Animal Husbandry arrived, sedated the animal and, with some difficulty, fitted a harness.

They then lowered it back down to the ground level with a crane.

Although the bull did put up a bit of a struggle initially, it was completely unharmed in the incident.

Bull rescued from 2 floor building by using crane in India.

A Bull climbed on the second floor of the building With the help of the stairs taken from the main gate of the house, when climbed to the roof of the first floor of the house. When the shopkeepers and neighbours saw it, they shouted & tried to distract it, but bulls climbed to the second floor. People tried their best at their level, but they did not succeed in rescueing. People informed the police and municipal administration. The employees of the municipal corporation and animal husbandry department, injected sediment, lowered the bull with the help of a crane.

The incident happened on 01 February in Sikir Rajasthan India