Brief incidents of feral children
There are many, many incidents where children have survived, either on their own or in the company or care of animals, for a very short interval of time such as a few hours or days.
Some of these are listed below.
The camera symbol indicates there is a picture of the child.
A source document or eyewitness account is reproduced here.
There is extensive information for the children shown in bold.
Click on the child's name to read more about that child.
| Name | Sex | Location | Date found | Age when found | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Mboweni | M | Kruger Park, South Africa | 2009 | 12 | ||
| The Baby of Bihar | F | Bihar, India | 2008 | |||
| The Baby of La Plata | F | La Plata, Argentina | 2008 | |||
| Angel | F | Nairobi, Kenya | 2005 | |||
| Ionut Capraru | M | Romania | 2005 | 4 | ||
| Ethiopian girl | F | Bita Genet, Ethiopia | 2005 | 12 | ||
| Tsila Marcus | F | Rovno, Poland | 1942 | 4 |
