Oxana Malaya

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This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Oleksandrivna and the family
name is Malaya.
Oxana Malaya
Born Oxana Oleksandrivna Malaya
November 4, 1983 (age 30)
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic, USSR (now Ukraine)
Nationality Ukrainian
Other names Ukrainian Dog Girl
Known for Feral child
Oxana Oleksandrivna Malaya (Ukrainian: , born November 4,
1983, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, (then Soviet Union)) is a Ukrainian mental
patient internationally known for her morbid dog-imitating behaviour. Malaya has been the
subject of documentaries, interviews and tabloid headlines as a feral child "raised by
dogs",
[1]
although it is not clear if she ever lived separately from people.
[2]

Contents
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1 Biography
2 Alleged history of mental condition
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Biography[edit]
Malaya was born in the village of Nova Blagovishchenka in Hornostaivka Raion, Kherson Oblast,
of the Ukrainian SSR to a large family and probably suffered from adevelopmental disorder. She
was neglected by her alcoholic parents at an early age.
[2]

Malaya was eventually transferred to the nursing home for mentally-disabled adults in Barabol
(rural Ovidiopol Raion of Odessa Oblast). She underwent years of specialized therapy and
education to address her behavioral, social and educational issues. She was taught to speak
fluently, and many of her behavioral problems were remedied.
In a British Channel 4 documentary, and in the Portuguese SIC channel documentary, her
doctors stated that it is unlikely that she will ever be properly rehabilitated into "normal" society.
In 2003, Malaya was living and working at the Barabol nursing home, looking after cows and
horses.
Alleged history of mental condition[edit]

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As a toddler, Malaya was allegedly left outside by her parents. She crawled into the kennel of her
parents' semi-stray dogs where she stayed. This led to her developing many dog-like behaviours
such as barking and sniffing things, which stunted her abilities in language, normal
human social and emotional skills.
See also[edit]
Feral child
Genie (feral child)
References[edit]
1. Jump up^ Grice, Elizabeth (June 7, 2005). "Cry of an enfant sauvage". The Daily Telegraph.
Retrieved July 17, 2006.
2. ^ Jump up to:
a

b
"Raised Wild". Animal Discovery. November 30, 2012. Retrieved January 19,
2014.
External links[edit]
17-
, - - 2001 article in Fakty
i kommentarii tabloid (Ukrainian)
, ,
, - 2003 follow-up article
in Fakty i kommentarii (Ukrainian)
Daily Telegraph article
Animal Planet Raised Wild documentary