Poverty is said to have forced a minor to drink dog-milk to quell his hunger for over six years in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha, a matter of dismay to locals.
The incident has created a sensation among locals, with bystanders regularly crowding around to see the unbelievable sight. The boy is Shakil Ahmed, 8, son of a poor family of Mojaffar Ahmed and Afruza Begum.
Locals said the boy grew into the habit of drinking dog-milk after finding no other way out of hunger when his mother used to leave him for work as a domestic helper.
He began by drinking the milk of his pet dog and is said to have continued this habit ignoring the prohibition and rebuke of his parents and neighbours.
“I feel no hesitation,” Shakil told this correspondent when Dhaka Tribune went to meet him. Though his pet dog died, he could not stop the practice. Shakil says he drinks dog-milk whenever he sees a mother dog.
