Breastfeeding a Calf

By Alex in Animals & Pets on Sep 5, 2010 at 10:03 pm

Well, if you think about it, many of us drink cow’s milk, so this Indian villager is just returning the favor:

Since the death of the calf’s mother when it was only three days old, Chouthi Bai has breastfed the animal three or four times a day.

"After her mother died, I held her in my arms and breastfed her. I nurtured her by feeding her my milk. She was so young when the cow died. For me there is no difference between a calf and an infant," Bai, a resident of Kilchu village in India’s desert state of Rajasthan, said on Saturday.

Link [video clip in the article shows breastfeeding in action] – Thanks Tiffany!


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  1. Arnold
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 12:11 am

    Bestiality isn’t neat.

  2. b
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 12:41 am

    Dude. That is NOT bestiality. If nursing an animal is bestiality, does that make breastfeeding an infant pedophilia? What is wrong with you?

  3. Ravi J
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 2:15 am

    There is always something weird going on in India.

  4. Snarlz
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 2:51 am

    I doubt a human could even produce enough to sustain that calf. Its probably on a road to slow starvation.

  5. Melissa
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 8:49 am

    I’ve bottle raised a calf. I can’t imagine letting a calf nurse on my own breast. Not for the gross factor, but for the risk of injury factor. A calf nurses WAY too roughly for a human. They suck with major force, even a sickly weak calf would probably be too much for a woman’s breast. And the way they shake their head and rush you, ramming you to take the nipple. Nope no way. I might express breast milk into a bottle to share with the calf, but wouldn’t let it just suckle.

  6. Avarana
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 9:25 am

    Since they probably won’t kill the cow, i’ll call this a recyclable relationship

  7. stephbot
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 10:37 am

    Hahaha @ Arnold.

    Yeah, I’d be more worried about the calf just being too rough.

  8. Lea
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 10:39 am

    Anyone think about the fact that cows are sacred in India and this is probably a very holy thing for her?

  9. ted
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 11:46 am

    That’s gotta hurt.

    What’s sad is “there’s no difference between a calf and an infant”.

  10. GailW
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 3:14 pm

    She must have nipples of steel! :)

  11. Mitch
    Sep 6th, 2010 at 3:21 pm

    Poor Arnold.

  12. Gauldar
    Sep 7th, 2010 at 11:10 am

    @Arnold

    Is breast feeding is incest?

  13. kirby
    Sep 7th, 2010 at 12:17 pm

    Cows aren’t exactly sacred in India, although it depends on where you are and what your definition of sacred is.

    Although I do find this weird, I think it’s great actually…
    While another commenter said it’s “sad that “there’s no difference between a calf and an infant”", I think the point here is being missed.

    This woman values LIFE, wether it’s an infant or cow or whatever. She is doing what she can to help this calf. It’s mother died and this woman has the compassion to try and nurture it. That’s wonderful. Even though the method is kinda gross to my brain. Nevertheless, it reflects something about human nature and our capacity to love and care for other beings.

    So there’s my mushy comment for the day! :)

  14. ted
    Sep 7th, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    kirby, it’s nice that she values life, but it’s sad that she sees no difference between the life of a cow and a human life.

    I don’t for one moment take her at her word, and if she really means what she’s saying, then it is sad.

    She devalues life when she considers animals and humans as equal.

    Yes, it is a nice, mushy thing for her to do, but one wonders why they couldn’t find a nursing cow for the calf, where cows are apparently in such abundance. The woman seems a little eccentric.

  15. lolwut
    Sep 8th, 2010 at 7:32 am

    @ted

    you’re taking that calf infant quote too seriously. shut up.

  16. ted
    Sep 8th, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    Well, at least I didn’t call it bestiality, lolwut. That’s taking it a little too seriously.

    Besides, if you don’t like reading my comments, just skip over ‘em. Every time you see that icon, just pass on by.


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