Frequently Asked Questions

1. I urgently need an expert for a TV / radio production!

Send me an email message with the details of your requirements and if appropriate, I shall pass it on to a suitable expert. I have access to English- and German-speaking experts on this subject, located in the USA, the UK and Germany.

2. May I link to your site?

Please do. Copy and paste this code to your html page:
<a href="http://www.feralchildren.com">Feral Children at feralchildren.com</a>

3. Can you send me any more information?

All the information I have is on this web site. However, if there is a specific question you have, the best thing for you to do is ask in the forum. Alternatively, send me an email message and I will see if I have the answer for you.

4. I want some more information on feral children. Where can I get it?

First, make sure you've read everything here: there are hundreds of pages of information. Then, try the links on the links page, or buy a book.

5. How old do feral children live to be?

It varies. Victor lived to the age of 40; Wild Peter to about 80; but Amala died when she was probably only about 3.

6. May I reproduce your list of children in a presentation for my students?

Yes.

7. Do you have any pictures of feral children?

There are a few on this site: look at the list of children and then go to individual pages, but they may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. There are several nice pictures in Newton's book, and plenty in Maclean, and Singh and Zingg. The pictures in Singh's diaries are now out of copyright. If you require high quality pictures of Kamala and Amala and other historical pictures, these may be licensed from the Mary Evans Picture Library. Rates vary according to your required usage. Pictures of John Ssebunya may be obtained from the Molly and Paul Child Care Foundation, PO Box 31309, Kampala, Uganda, ngomolly@imul.com, Home Phone: 256-77-505-144, Work Phone: 256-77-408-311, Fax: 256-41-266642, Mobile: 256-77-408311. For pictures of Sujit Kumar contact Dean Purcell, photographer, photogs@times.co.nz. For Genie, try the UCLA Library, the Department of Special Collections, phone +1 310 825-4988 spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. For Ramu, try Picture-Alliance Tel.: +49 69 2716-4770 Fax.: +49 69 2716-4269 sales@picture-alliance.com. For Bello, try the Belga News Agency or your local European Press Agency partner. Getty Images has pictures of Ramu.

8. I experienced social isolation as a child!

I'm sure others would be interested to hear of your experiences. Please share them with us in the forum.

9. I have a question that isn't answered here!

Try asking in the forum.

10. Citation

Author: Andrew R Ward. Date: the website is updated on a continual basis, so from 2002 to the present day.