Posted on 08/04/2004 6:24:40 AM PDT by presidio9
A seven-year-old boy who has been brought up by a dog for the past six years has reportedly been found in Siberia.
Police in the Altai autonomous region were on a routine patrol in the woods when they spotted the boy in front of an abandoned house with the elderly dog.
It is thought the undernourished boy was abandoned by his parents and survived by living off the food he shared with the dog.
Officers initially thought he was three, but hospital examinations subsequently put him at seven, and police say all the evidence points to him having been left for six years.
A spokesman said: "He was running about on all fours and growling. They thought he was playing at first but the house is miles from anywhere and is little more than a ruin, and he was really dirty and naked, so they realised something was wrong.
"When they approached he growled and snarled and tried to bite them when they tried to pull him away from the old dog."
The boy, who has been named Andrei, does not know how to speak, and still smells his food like a dog before eating it.
Medical staff have also failed to persuade him to use a spoon, rather than guzzle the food down with his mouth.
It is not known if the dog was a family pet or a stray who found the boy.
Police are now searching for his parents, who could be charged with abuse, neglect and attempted murder.
Dang. Poor kid.
So9
This is a good time to observe that the quality of the wolves who habitually raise American children seems to have declined in recent years. Could it be the influence of daytime TV?
I understand that he subsisted on a diet of collieflower and barkoli.
You have to have compassion for this kid...he probably was so hungry he'd terrier your arm off to get any kind of food.
Okay, that was bad. Puli your standards up and have some compassion for the kid.
That'll do Austin.
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