I think the manner that this toddler uses to suck this cow `s teat ,it is not due to starvation or hungy . It is possible The boy use to play with the animal and with time , they become sincerely friend ,so that why the cow allow him to suck as well . This affair has no thing that related to real problem that Khmer society is facing , it is just a strange gesture which the boy is doing such passion toward animal .
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:52 PM, S. Sophan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Prof. Supote; > > The pictures of Tha Sophat, a 20 months old toddler living in Koak Roka > Siem Reap province, is pitiful worldwide. In third countries, the child > development is at the most important agenda for the government. Tha Sophat > is just an emerging sample reflecting thousands or hundred thousands of > other Cambodian children whose future is wholly depending on the capability > of their parents in upbringing them. Upbringing children in Cambodia is > considered experiencing back to ancient era in which children were left > alone at home, or depending on their young siblings, or depending on > grandparents etc. In rural areas, don't mention about nutrition for > children, only rice with salt on plate are hard to find for those children > to eat. > > Currently, I observe my 13 months old daughter is luckier than me when I > was a toddler; but she seems share the same character like me as she picks > and eats everything on the floor. Frankly, I ate every small piece picking > up from the ground to including trunks and leaves of the trees till I was 11 > years old. > > *Tha Sophat might be luckier than other street children who are making a > living by scavenging. Tha Sophat has reserved a very compassionate cow who > are not harming him but accepting him as her extra son by providing her > fresh milk every day!* > > In Canada, no children are left on the street. No children are left in home > without adult attendance. No children are left in home without schooling if > their ages are 5 years old up. Parents are arrested if they have violated > such as leaving children alone or with minor without adult attendance, have > not sent children to school at their schooling age, or feeding children > without having sufficient nutrition food etc. > > Please, see this link for more pictures collected: > http://www.sophanseng.info/2011/09/cambodian-boy-suckles-from-cow-after-parents-leave/ > > Sincerely, > Sophoan > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Supote Prasertsri > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This is a social problem left behind by migrant workers who are forced by >> poverty to abandon their child. It is the responsibility of the Government >> to create jobs for workers and provide day care and feeding centres for very >> young children. >> >> Fresh cow milk is more nutritious than condensed sugar " milk.". If he is >> fed with condensed milk, the boy will grow up mentally retarded. He is very >> lucky to have a cow in his family. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Chanroeun Pa <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I am very shocked and sick with this report. Let's give this unfortunate >>> boy a hand. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Chanroeun >>> >>> >>> 09/09/2011 >>> The Associated Press >>> >>> KOAK ROKA, Cambodia—A Cambodian man says his young grandson has lived >>> partly on milk he suckles directly from a cow since the boy’s parents left >>> their rural village in search of work. >>> >>> Um Oeung says 20-month-old Tha Sophat started suckling the cow in July >>> after he saw a calf do the same. >>> >>> Um Oeung told The Associated Press he pulled the boy away at first. He >>> relented after his grandson protested loudly and the boy has suckled the >>> cow’s milk once or twice a day since then. >>> >>> Tha Sophat has lived with his grandparents in Siem Reap province in >>> northwest Cambodia since his parents moved to Thailand in search of work. >>> >>> Um Oeung said Friday the cow doesn’t mind the young boy suckling but he >>> is worried about his grandson’s health if he continues. >>> >>> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VcOR7iBRF3Q/Tmum2kh7nzI/AAAAAAAAGsk/nyUwdhh46gA/s1600/Tha+Sophat+suckle+on+cow.jpg> >>> Tha >>> Sophat, a 20-month-old boy, suckles from a cow in Koak Roka village, Siem >>> Reap province, Cambodia >>> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3L2J6c4_WM/TmunCwtuHuI/AAAAAAAAGss/IFYe0Tuw5xI/s1600/Tha+Sophat+suckle+on+cow+03.jpg> >>> Tha >>> Sophat started suckling the cow after he saw a calf do the same >>> >>> >>> <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MaDE7mW4CqQ/Tmum3L5bJEI/AAAAAAAAGso/fhdFD_BSYgQ/s1600/Tha+sophat+suckle+cow+%2528Heng+Sinith%2529.jpg> >>> >>> Heng Sinith / AP >>> >>> Tha Sophat, a 20-month-old Cambodian boy, suckles from a cow in Koak Roka >>> village, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. 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