▁ 1 9 th - century ▁Ireland , ▁found lings ▁from ▁Dublin ▁were ▁" sent ▁to ▁the ▁mountains ▁of ▁W ick low , ▁to ▁feed ▁upon ▁the ▁go ats ' ▁milk . ▁As ▁the ▁children ▁grew ▁older , ▁the ▁go ats ▁came ▁to ▁know ▁them , ▁and ▁became ▁very ▁t ame ; ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁infant ▁sought ▁the ▁go at , ▁and ▁was ▁su ck led ▁by ▁it ▁as ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁by ▁a ▁human ▁wet ▁nur se . ▁These ▁children ▁thro ve ▁remark ably ▁well ." ▁Don keys ▁were ▁preferred ▁in ▁England ; ▁as ▁one ▁writer ▁has ▁put ▁it , ▁" nothing ▁was ▁more ▁pictures que ▁than ▁the ▁spect acle ▁of ▁b ab ies , ▁held ▁under ▁the ▁bel lies ▁of ▁the ▁don keys ▁in ▁the ▁stable ▁ad jo ining ▁the ▁inf ants ' ▁w ard , ▁su ck ing ▁content edly ▁the ▁te ats ▁of ▁the ▁do cile ▁don keys ." ▁In ▁Brit t any , ▁attempts ▁were ▁made ▁around ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁to ▁employ ▁s ows ▁as ▁wet ▁n urs es ▁but ▁found ered ▁due ▁to ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁p igs ▁for ▁this ▁purpose . ▁ ▁Bre ast feed ing ▁by ▁humans ▁of ▁animals ▁ ▁The ▁breast feed ing ▁by ▁humans ▁of ▁animals ▁is ▁a ▁practice ▁that ▁is ▁widely ▁att ested ▁histor ically ▁and ▁continues ▁to ▁be ▁pract ised ▁today ▁by ▁some ▁cult ures . ▁The ▁reasons ▁for ▁this ▁are ▁varied : ▁to ▁feed ▁young ▁animals , ▁to ▁d rain ▁a ▁woman ' s ▁bre