Chhattisgarh: Mother Dog Guards Abandoned Newborn At Night, Baby Later Rescued By Locals
In a tale both heartbreaking and warming at the same time, a newborn baby abandoned in Chhattisgarh was protected by a dog for the night before being rescued by locals.
In a tale both heartbreaking and warming at the same time, a newborn baby abandoned in Chhattisgarh was protected by a dog for the night before being rescued by locals.
As per various reports, a baby girl was left in a field in the Saristal village of Lormi in Mungeli district. The child was abandoned without any clothing with the umbilical cord still attached.
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When villagers found the infant after hearing her cries, they saw some stray dogs wandering nearby. But soon, they realised a mother dog protected her for the night.
The child was found without any injuries alongside a litter of puppies.
The incident has caused outrage on social media after Jeev Aashraya, which is an NGO, who help in rescuing animals shared the news on its Facebook page, with three images of the newborn.
Along with the images, it wrote: "Million times better than human. hard to believe the event in Mungeli, Chhattisgarh, the parents threw the newborn, there was another mother in the form of a dog nearby. When the villagers found the girl in the morning, there was not even a single scratch on her! Do they even understand the difference between innocent humanity and cruelty?"
After being rescued, the baby was rushed to a nearby hospital after ASI Chintaram Binjhwar reached the field in Lormi village with a task force team, reports said.
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The child was referred to The Child Line Project and named Akanksha. Meanwhile, the police are searching for the family of the newborn.
Local sarpanch representative Munnalal Patel told ETV Bharat, ¡°We had come out for work and at 11 am we saw that there is a newborn baby girl was lying in the village amid dogs. Then, we informed the health department. After that, the newborn was taken to the hospital.¡±
On social media, many law enforcement officials and locals have asked for stern action against the baby's family.
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