A newborn baby girl was found abandoned in a parking in Foshan’s Chancheng district Friday, missing her nose and parts of her ears and scalp. According to Guangzhou Daily, the infant’s injuries are the result of animal bites, but whether they were sustained before or after she was abandoned on the city’s Wenhua Road remains unknown.
The girl was discovered by a street cleaner, Wang, who found 5 RMB in her pocket and traces of blood on her clothes, in addition to the animal bites. Wang called the police and took her to a hospital.
By Saturday, the baby was in stable condition. Doctors say her nose, scalp and ears appear to have been bitten by animals—most likely rats, judging from the bite marks on her wounds.
Police also found marks on the girl’s body which indicate that she recently received an injection, leading doctors to suspect that the girl was attacked by rats while still with her parents, who took her to a hospital for initial treatment but then decided to throw their daughter away. The 5 RMB note was apparently used to stop the bleeding.
Police are searching for the girl’s parents.
