So sad, yet so interesting.

I came across this story in the Metro Newspaper. Here is an excerpt from telegraph.co.uk:

Girl Raised By Dogs

Madina, now aged three, was reportedy raised by animals like Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli character after her alcoholic mother Anna was incapable of caring for her.

Now taken into care by authorities in Ufa, in central Russia, she is recovering from her unusual upbringing. She was discovered by social workers at her mother's home on all fours and gnawing on bones with dogs.


Police said that her mother had ignored her for most of her life, allowing her to eat on the floor while she ate at the kitchen table. A social worker alleged: "The child is angelic but she has been deprived of love and care, except from the dogs."

"When her mother was angry she used to run away, but no child played with her in the playground. She hardly knew a single word, and fought with everyone. So dogs became her best friends. She played with them, and slept with them when it was cold in winter.'

When police took Madina into care, her mother is reported to have said: "I do look after my daughter." Doctors are reported to have said that the Madina is mentally and physically healthy despite her experiences, although her vocabulary is limited to "yes" and "no".

Madina's father walked out on the family shortly after she was born.