A Rough Day for Cattle Boys

A warm feeling of happiness came over me when six sick children smiled and squealed with delight when given clean attractive stuffed animals donated by Loving Hugs, Incorporated. My heart broke when one three-year old was too sick to appreciate or respond to a toy. Another child was frightened of his large Teddy Bear and it was quickly exchanged for something else. The day before, this young boy, a member of the cattle rearing Fulani tribe, was taken at dawn from his compound by an intruder and his throat was cut.  When the child cried, the intruder ran away and escaped. The laceration severed the trachea and thyroid gland and barely missed major blood vessels. After surgery he is doing well. Another teenage Fulani male was gored in the face, resulting in palatal and facial fractures, lacerations of nose and lips, and loss of upper and lower teeth. He is also better after surgery, but still needs his fractures fixed. It was a rough day for cattle boys.