Feral Children

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- An introductory article with brief overviews of four famous cases.

- The online encyclopedia's entry on feral children, containing a brief description of feral children, a list of several well-known cases, and links to articles about some of the children.

Feral Children in Legend, Literature -- and Life :

- A trivia quiz that tests knowledge of mythology, literature, history, current events and zoology.

FeralChildren.com :

- Stories of feral children, photos, book extracts and reviews, academic articles and essays, and lists of books and other resources.

Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence: Feral Children :

- A brief article citing several famous cases and the controversies about human nature to which they are relevant.

Neuroscience for Kids: Feral Children :

- A lesson about feral children written for children, including a list of films about real and fictional cases.

Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children :

- An introduction to the subject, taken and edited from the book of the same title by Michael Newton.

Studies of Feral Children :

- Douglas Candland, author of "Feral Children and Clever Animals", presents discussions of four famous cases and draws conclusions about language acquisition.

St. Petersburg Times: The Girl in the Window :

- The story of Danielle, a severely neglected child found in 2005 at the age of six. (July 31, 2008)

Jacksonville.com: Metro: Teen found caged; parents held :

- The adoptive parents of a 17-year-old boy who was found locked in a crib suffering from psychosocial dwarfism are charged with felony child neglect. (March 9, 2005)

Siberian boy, 7, raised by dogs after parents abandoned him :

- A report of a Russian boy apparently raised by the family dog after being abandoned by his parents. (August 4, 2004)

Wild Things: Fortean Times Article :

- A general article featuring a large number of cases of feral children, with bibliography. (August 1, 2002)

Romania's Wild Boy :

- A news story describing the case of Traian Caldarar, a Romanian boy who lived in the wild for three years. (February 22, 2002)

Chilean 'Dog Boy' :

- Article about 10-year-old Chilean boy who lived with stray dogs for two years. (June 20, 2001)

From Monkey Boy to Choir Boy :

- An article about John Ssebunya, an orphan boy apparently reared by apes in the African jungle who was brought to Britain in 1999. (October 6, 1999)

Russian Dog Boy :

- Article about Ivan Mishukov, a 6-year-old Russian boy who lived with stray dogs. (July 3, 1998)