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Girl, 3, raised by dogs after her alcoholic mother neglected her.

Posted by Cole Gamble

Social workers in Russia discovered a three-year-old girl in her mother's house, naked and walking on all fours, gnawing bones with the dogs that she clung to for warmth.

 

The girl, known as Madina, knows only two words: yes and no. Her mother Anna, 23, would frequently disappear of just be too drunk to care for the child. Normally, when Anna ate dinner at the table, Madina ate scraps off the floor with the dogs.

 

Because of her inability to relate to other children, Madina is an outcast where she lives, only capable of relating to her dog companions. One social worker commented that little Madina has know no other love than that of her mother’s dog.

 

When police arrived to take the child into care, Anna reportedly claimed: 'I do look after my daughter.'

 

Despite a life entirely spent in the shadow of neglect, medics say Madina is mentally and physically healthy.

 

 

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Comments

 

Anna in Vegas said:

OMG!

how sad and pitiful-this woman has clearly chosen to overlook duty and obligagtions!

She deserves to loose custody and be made to get clean if possible and do community work around children to forever acknowledge what her pain caused her own child!

February 26, 2009 2:01 PM
 

Laura said:

Sounds a bit like what happened to Genie.

en.wikipedia.org/.../Genie_(feral_child)

Luckily they found this young girl much sooner. I hope they can get her lots of therapy so she can be as normal as possible.

February 26, 2009 5:49 PM
 

Trey said:

ugh...just ugh...

February 26, 2009 8:32 PM
 

Bliss said:

Its so sad to see that. I hope she will grow up to be a healthy (emotionally, mentally and physically) person.

February 27, 2009 3:30 AM
 

Danny said:

Wow. What a sad story! I honestly can't believe someone could do that to a poor helpless child.

March 4, 2009 5:47 PM

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Cole Gamble’s writings on the crimes of Willy Wonka, man-eating beds and tales from his cringe-worthy life appear here on Babble, the humor site Cracked, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post and Salon. He is working on a book entitled, Conquer Everything! A Self Help Book to Destroy All Other Self Help Books and Grant You Mastery in Everything.

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