Poverty-Stricken Boy Drinks Milk From Stray Dogs
- 12 years ago
Poverty-Stricken Boy Drinks Milk From Stray Dogs - as part of the news series by GeoBeats.
Humans have been known to extreme lengths in order to take care of their hunger.
In a desperate attempt to feed himself, a six-year old boy has been seen drinking milk from a stray dog.
The boy hails from the Jharkand area in India.
After the death of his father, the family went below poverty line and one day, his mother saw him drawing milk from a street dog.
She notes - "I was so shocked. I ran over and pulled him away. But ever since, whenever he is hungry he has always slipped back. I have let him because I know how hungry he is,"
Once the news spread, villagers intervened and his family not gets food assistance.
World Hunger is a massive problem. There are nearly 925 billion malnourished people in the world. That's roughly 13% of the world's population. World Food Programme notes - Hunger and malnutrition are in fact the number one risk to the health worldwide — greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
There are parts of the world where people are known to eat stones so they can suppress their hunger. And even eating human body parts has been practiced in some regions where people can't find any food.
Humans have been known to extreme lengths in order to take care of their hunger.
In a desperate attempt to feed himself, a six-year old boy has been seen drinking milk from a stray dog.
The boy hails from the Jharkand area in India.
After the death of his father, the family went below poverty line and one day, his mother saw him drawing milk from a street dog.
She notes - "I was so shocked. I ran over and pulled him away. But ever since, whenever he is hungry he has always slipped back. I have let him because I know how hungry he is,"
Once the news spread, villagers intervened and his family not gets food assistance.
World Hunger is a massive problem. There are nearly 925 billion malnourished people in the world. That's roughly 13% of the world's population. World Food Programme notes - Hunger and malnutrition are in fact the number one risk to the health worldwide — greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
There are parts of the world where people are known to eat stones so they can suppress their hunger. And even eating human body parts has been practiced in some regions where people can't find any food.