greatsequence
FULL MEMBER
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2009
- Messages
- 753
- Reaction score
- 0
An Indian woman believes she is pleasing the gods by breastfeeding an orphaned calf.
Couthi Bai, from the village of Kilchu in the northern state of Rajasthan, allows the 46-day-old cow to suckle up to four times a day.
"After her mother died, I held her in my arms and breastfed her," The Sun reported Ms Bai as saying.
"She was so young when the cow died. For me, there is no difference between a calf and an infant.
"The gods will be pleased if I raise her."
Ms Bai adopted the calf as her own when its mother died three days after giving birth.
Residents in the village, where cows are regarded as sacred, are supportive of her bond with the calf.
"It's the first time this has happened in our village," one was quoted as saying.
"Like our mother brought us up by feeding us her milk, similarly, she is nourishing the calf with her milk."
The calf has taken naturally to drinking Ms Bai's milk, though its diet is supplemented with water, grass and chapatis (flatbread).
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/7954896/woman-breastfeeds-orphaned-calf
Couthi Bai, from the village of Kilchu in the northern state of Rajasthan, allows the 46-day-old cow to suckle up to four times a day.
"After her mother died, I held her in my arms and breastfed her," The Sun reported Ms Bai as saying.
"She was so young when the cow died. For me, there is no difference between a calf and an infant.
"The gods will be pleased if I raise her."
Ms Bai adopted the calf as her own when its mother died three days after giving birth.
Residents in the village, where cows are regarded as sacred, are supportive of her bond with the calf.
"It's the first time this has happened in our village," one was quoted as saying.
"Like our mother brought us up by feeding us her milk, similarly, she is nourishing the calf with her milk."
The calf has taken naturally to drinking Ms Bai's milk, though its diet is supplemented with water, grass and chapatis (flatbread).
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/7954896/woman-breastfeeds-orphaned-calf