The dramatic story of the girl who was raised by dogs, barked and walked on all fours

Oxana Malaya came into the world on November 4, 1983. The story goes that he was just three years old when abandoned abandoned to his fate by his alcoholic parents.

At that time, when he was born, his family lived in a very poor area Ukraine. A marginal area frequented by wild dogs.

And, although it may seem incredible, they left her when she was just a little girl outside your housein the cold streets of Nova Blahovishchenka, his city.

Desperate to survive, Oxana found refuge and companionship among a pack of stray dogs.

The fact is that the little girl lived in a kennel behind your housewhere she was cared for by these animals, from whom she assimilated their behavior and good manners.

This “animal education” taught him to adopt such behaviors and survival skills They were anything but human.

The story of Oxana, the abandoned girl raised by dogs

This is how Oxana learned to communicate barking and growlinghe walked on all fours and his eating habits included licked to purify and consume raw meat or remains found in containers of garbage.

Not only this extraordinary way of life altered his physical development but also their capacity for social interaction and their cognitive development.

It wasn’t until he did nine years that the Ukrainian authorities became aware of his situation. And all because Oxana He barked at a neighbor.

However, his rescue was not easy, since flock of dogs that were there adopted like one of them fiercely protected to Oxana from any intervention.

Eventually, the police managed to carry out the operation to save distract dogs with food.

Of course, his reinstatement to human society it was neither a quick nor an easy process.

Although she was rescued and placed in the care of a special institution, experts determined that Oxana had the disease mental capacity of a little girland they doubted their ability to learn to read or acquire other skills deemed useful.

Years after her rescue, she tried to reunite with her biological family and was able to connect with them father is one stepsister in 2006.

Despite this reunion, Oxana confesses that she still feels profoundly alone, often turning to her old habits quadrupeds when loneliness becomes unbearable.

At the time, aged 23, the young woman lived in a home for the disabled which had a farm where she helped take care of cows.

Growing up in extreme conditions: Oxana’s case is not the only one

The case of Oxana Malaya is one of approx one hundred cases wild children known in history, people who grew up in extreme conditions outside the conventional human environment.

His story highlights human resilience and the ability to adapt, highlighting its lasting consequences negligence and the isolation in human development.

With information from Carlota Bisbe, La Vanguardia.