Thank you for the flag! That poor child, the tail is the least of his problems now. No wonder a Hindu god has a tail, you all don't want to read the Queen-Horse Copulation Ritual of the Asvamedha Yajna (little known fact of Hinduism) on a full stomach.
The website you have cited is a well-known anti-Hindu propoganda site. The "facts" presented there are twisted and deliberate misinterpretations of a demented mind. I don't know what the author's reason is but it's just sick. I'm disgusted that people would go to such lengths to debase a religion that neither evangelises nor treats others as less than equal.
I'm also rather disappointed by most of the comments in this thread (not that anyone will care for my opinion I guess). A child like this, born in wretched circumstances, in ANY economically backward area in the world - be it in the villages of India or the backwaters of Arkansas - would have been treated the same way, regardless of creed or religion. How on earth else can you explain what happened to the Elephant Man??? Can anyone answer that? I know it's easy to put down an alien religion - after all, what have Hindus done for you lately - but try to see how little this has to do with the religion of the people concerned.
I sincerely hope someone reads this....okay, you can start attacking me now... ;((
About the little boy, do you honestly believe in the year 2002, that there is no Muslim, Hindu, atheist, or Christian doctor who would not be happy to surgically remove the tail out of charity and benevolence (and if not for any of those reasons, they'll do it to get some free advertising?) No, this exploitation cannot be explained away because of Third World poverty. I suspect they believe that their son is the incarnation of a Hindu god.