This is heartbreaking!!! A CAMBODIAN MAN has revealed that his young grandson has lived partly on milk he suckles directly from a cow since the boy's parents died from sickness.... Um Oeung says 20-month-old Tha Sophat started suckling the cow 10 months ago after he saw a calf do the same. The cow is said to have known that the child suckles it and it goes to the place they usually meet with the boy to give him milk.
Um Oeung told The Associated Press he pulled the boy away at first but the cow grew wild with him. He relented after his grandson protested loudly too 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 passed away.
Um Oeung said Friday, the cow doesn't mind the boy suckling but he is worried about his grandson's health if he continues.However the man's neighbors are not happy about the boy suckling from the cow, and that they say the child will be "ashamed when he grows up....More shocking photos after the cut: