5-day-old baby s toes eaten away by rodents after infant dumped in bushes
In India, especially in the rural areas, the desire to have a male child often leads to the abandonment of female babies.
July 9, 2021 05:09 BST
A 5-day-old baby girl was found abandoned in the bushes near a village in India on Thursday. Authorities said some rodents had eaten away two toes of both the feet of the child.
The baby was rescued by officials of the District Child Protection Unit of Women Development and Child Welfare Department in the state of Andhra Pradesh after they received information about the abandoned child, media outlet The Hindu reported.