Post by bossradio93 on Aug 16, 2004 15:25:53 GMT -5
Source: United Press International
Abandoned Siberian Boy Raised By Dogs
MOSCOW (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Social workers in Siberia are attempting to train a 7-year-old boy to behave like a human after being raised by a dog all his life, The Independent reported.
Local media said Andrei Tolstyk was abandoned by his parents at the age of 3 months, and the family guard dog became his only companion.
The tiny village of Bespalovskoya was so sparsely populated and the house so remote, the parents' absence went unnoticed.
Now living in a state home for orphans, the boy cannot speak, but has begun communicating with sign language. When he was first found by social workers who wondered why he had never been enrolled in school, he walked on all fours, bit people and sniffed everything, the RIA Novosti news agency said.
If pediatricians and psychologists determine the boy can be taught normal human behavior, he will be transferred to another children's home; otherwise he will be sent to a specialized boarding school.
Police are hunting for his parents, who are likely to face charges of neglect and endangerment.
AcraMax-Weird News-Off the Wall-Aug. 9, 2004
Abandoned Siberian Boy Raised By Dogs
MOSCOW (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Social workers in Siberia are attempting to train a 7-year-old boy to behave like a human after being raised by a dog all his life, The Independent reported.
Local media said Andrei Tolstyk was abandoned by his parents at the age of 3 months, and the family guard dog became his only companion.
The tiny village of Bespalovskoya was so sparsely populated and the house so remote, the parents' absence went unnoticed.
Now living in a state home for orphans, the boy cannot speak, but has begun communicating with sign language. When he was first found by social workers who wondered why he had never been enrolled in school, he walked on all fours, bit people and sniffed everything, the RIA Novosti news agency said.
If pediatricians and psychologists determine the boy can be taught normal human behavior, he will be transferred to another children's home; otherwise he will be sent to a specialized boarding school.
Police are hunting for his parents, who are likely to face charges of neglect and endangerment.
AcraMax-Weird News-Off the Wall-Aug. 9, 2004