Is animal milk (cow or buffalo) essential for a child’s growth?
– Mamma of 2-year old from Hyderabad
Well, of course it depends on whose child it is! I am sure the zebra, elephant, deer and cow below would each tell you with full confidence that her milk was essential for her child’s growth!

Calf feeds from cow. Like all mammals, cows lactate to feed their young. From http://www.uproar.org.au/dairy/

Doe, a deer … nursing her fawn From: http://lilian-thewondersofnature.blogspot.com/2009_09_29_archive.html

Baby Elephant Nursing from Mama From: http://keaphotography.photoshelter.com/image/I0000Hv7IWNG.N5U