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In 1996 Ivan Mishukov,
just four years old, was abandoned by his parents. He survived by
begging for food in the streets of Moscow. During this time he found
that he was most at home living with stray dogs, with whom he shared
his food. He told social workers that he was better off with the dogs
because they loved and protected him, His bond with these dogs was so
strong that it took more than a month for the police to totally
separate him and his canine companions.
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In 1920 two girls living
in India named Amala and Kamala were discovered living with a
she-wolf. Reverend J.A.L. Singh spotted a mother wolf and cubs, two of
which had long and matted hair and looked human. The girls that he
discovered were nocturnal, walked on all fours, and had large calluses
on their knees and palms. They were partial to raw meat, drank by
lapping up liquids with their tongues, and ate in a crouched position.
They were eventually taken to an orphanage in Mindapore.
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A two-year-old by the
name of Prateep Chumnoon living in the Thai province of Nakhon Si
Thammarat was partially raised by his impoverished grandmother's dog.
She would leave him while she went off to work. She left him with the
dog so often that Prateep began making dog rather than human sounds.
When his plight was revealed, he was sent to a welfare center.
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A Chilean boy who was
abandonded as a baby survived in a cave for eleven years with the aid
of a family of fifteen stray dogs who lived near the port of
Talcahuano on Chile's Pacific coast and found and adopted him shortly
after his birth. They taught him to scavenge for food in the same way
they did, and one of the dogs even allowed him to nurse from her.
