The word feral is defined as something wild. When we think about the word wild, we tend to think of something that is untamed, or not cultivated. A feral child, on the other hand, is a label for those human children who grew up in isolation, and had no human contact from a very young age. These children are seen being raised up by animals because they were left abandoned and as a result, they have little or no experience of human care, behavior, or of human language. Many assume that writers and other people with vivid imaginations make up fictional stories about children raised by animals, unfortunately; indeed it is a fact in history that these children exist. Over the past few decades, there have been cases or stories about feral children, which have shocked the world.
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For example, according to the documentary ‘Wild Child: The Story of Feral Children’ there was a case about a boy named Victor, “The Wild Boy”; Genie, the girl who was left alone in isolation for 13 years; Oxana Malaya, a girl in Ukraine raised by mongrel dogs and so much
For example, according to the documentary ‘Wild Child: The Story of Feral Children’ there was a case about a boy named Victor, “The Wild Boy”; Genie, the girl who was left alone in isolation for 13 years; Oxana Malaya, a girl in Ukraine raised by mongrel dogs and so much