Feral

Feral children, also known as wild children, are children who have grown up with little to no human contact. They are unaware of social human behaviour and language. This leads the children having delays in the development of their neural and psychological systems which support socio-emotional functioning. There are also ethical issues that arise when attempting to re-socialise a feral child. It is important for these children to be reintroduced into human life slowly and given sufficient care…

are highlighted by the examples of feral children and Romanian orphans. The concept of a protective environment is presented in correlation and it is outlined how this can help reduce the impact of isolation and enhance inclusion. Social deprivation is defined as a reduction or prevention of culturally normal interaction between an individual and the rest of society. (Wikipedia) Observing a normal interaction between a caregiver, usually the mother, and a baby…

1) Genie is considered a feral child. That means that she has lived most of her childhood in severe isolation from people. She was isolated from a lot of human interaction as a result from abuse and her father not liking loud noises. This meant that Genie spent most of her childhood sitting for long periods of time and only had interaction with her mother when it was feeding time. Genie was discovered at the age of 13. Genie is a special case for the field of speech-language pathology because…

My hands are empty. I look for something. Anything. I'm trapped like a feral creature. All I see around me is darkness, swallowing me up like I’m in a small room. They are slowly coming for me. The blood-thirsty, cold body, dead ones with milky eyes and cuts everywhere with blood oozing out. I have nowhere to go. I wake up with a loud yawn and struggled to get out of my small bed, my face was wrapped in smiles, I knew that, that day was going to be one of my best. For the first time I slept…

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…

in Camel Topia. King Mohammed and his trusted servant, Pepe. The two camels are the only ones who know that the residents of “The Golden City” are not the only camels in existence. Outside of the gates of Camel Topia resides a disastrous group of feral camels with the single goal of taking over the city. These camels are led by “The Pale Camel.” Otherwise known as “The Ghost…

1. What were some of the physical problems Genie had when she was discovered? Were any of them related to her lack of social interaction? Based on the stories of Genie Wiley, a girl who is raised in extreme isolation by her parents, there are some physical problems that she had when she was discovered whereby she is not able to express herself which means that she couldn’t talk and had the language as the baby. This indicates that she is not being exposed by her parents to any significant…

species have been found in the Cape York Peninsula bioregion, for instance, feral pig, feral…

adapted to survive, … and … can’t be tamed.” Although some may argue that trap-neuter-return programs abandon feral cats, they provide an opportunity for the cat to continue living. For instance, one Jacksonville, Florida program both “decreased cat intakes by 25 percent and decreased ‘euthanasia’ by more than 75 percent” (Robinson). In addition, trap-neuter-return programs cost less than euthanasia. One statistic is that “San Jose, Calif. … spent just $72 per cat for its TNR program, versus…

through town only to see several stray cats. From small towns to big cities, stray and feral cats seem to be a problem. How can people fix it without killing them. One option is Trap, Neuter, Return, or TNR. TNR is a humane program to save feral and stray cats. TNR is effective it is the most humane and safe way to deal with stray and feral cats. Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) saves cats lives. When one brings a feral or stray cat into a vet to get its shots and get it fixed it lengthens the cat’s…