A kind-hearted farmer takes care of a calf, born with just two hind legs, despite his meagre resources.<br /><br />The mother cow, which gave birth to the male calf on February 1, in Revthgaon village near Vijayapura in South India, has refused to feed it. <br /><br />Kalappa Shivaningappa Kumbar, who owns the animals says: “The cow gets startled if we try to take the calf to it and moves away.”<br /><br />So Kalappa has been feeding the calf with a milk bottle. <br /><br />“The calf will be fed only milk for a month. Then I will start giving it some fodder,” he says. <br /><br />Kalappa frequently cleans the mouth and nose of the calf as it gets mud into it. He also massages it and tries to make sure it gets some exercise. <br /><br />“I have a seen a video of a similar calf walking on just its hind legs. This calf is already trying to get up on its two legs, but falls down unable to find balance,” he says.<br /><br />“Who knows, it may also walk in future,” he adds.<br /><br />The calf has become a local attraction and many people from nearby villages are coming to see it. His friends are concerned that the unproductive animal may become a burden on Kalappa. <br /><br />Kalappa is also worried as he is just a sharecropper with less than three hectares of rain-fed land. <br /><br />“I have to support my aged parents and wife on my meagre income. But the calf is my responsibility and I will try to take care of it,” he says.
