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BBC - H2G2 - Feral Children An introductory article with brief overviews of four famous cases. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A269840/

Feral Children - Wikipedia The online encyclopedia's entry on feral children, containing a brief description of feral children, a list of several well-known cases, and links to articles about some of the children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_children

Feral Children in Legend, Literature -- and Life A trivia quiz that tests knowledge of mythology, literature, history, current events and zoology. http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=68107

FeralChildren.com Stories of feral children, photos, book extracts and reviews, academic articles and essays, and lists of books and other resources. http://www.feralchildren.com

Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence: Feral Children A brief article citing several famous cases and the controversies about human nature to which they are relevant. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/g2602/0002/2602000247/p1/article.jhtml

Neuroscience for Kids: Feral Children A lesson about feral children written for children, including a list of films about real and fictional cases. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moviesfc.html

Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children An introduction to the subject, taken and edited from the book of the same title by Michael Newton. http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,6761,635802,00.html

Studies of Feral Children Douglas Candland, author of "Feral Children and Clever Animals", presents discussions of four famous cases and draws conclusions about language acquisition. http://bowland-files.lancs.ac.uk/chimp/langac/LECTURE4/4feral.htm

St. Petersburg Times: The Girl in the Window The story of Danielle, a severely neglected child found in 2005 at the age of six. (July 31, 2008) http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2008/reports/danielle/

Jacksonville.com: Metro: Teen found caged; parents held The adoptive parents of a 17-year-old boy who was found locked in a crib suffering from psychosocial dwarfism are charged with felony child neglect. (March 9, 2005) http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/030905/met_18168175.shtml

Siberian boy, 7, raised by dogs after parents abandoned him A report of a Russian boy apparently raised by the family dog after being abandoned by his parents. (August 4, 2004) http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/siberian-boy-7-raised-by-dogs-after-parents-abandoned-him-13674973.html

Wild Things: Fortean Times Article A general article featuring a large number of cases of feral children, with bibliography. (August 1, 2002) http://www.forteantimes.com/articles/161_feralkids.shtml

Romania's Wild Boy A news story describing the case of Traian Caldarar, a Romanian boy who lived in the wild for three years. (February 22, 2002) http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/nwild.htm

Chilean 'Dog Boy' Article about 10-year-old Chilean boy who lived with stray dogs for two years. (June 20, 2001) http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2001/06/20/story/0000090750

From Monkey Boy to Choir Boy An article about John Ssebunya, an orphan boy apparently reared by apes in the African jungle who was brought to Britain in 1999. (October 6, 1999) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/466616.stm

Russian Dog Boy Article about Ivan Mishukov, a 6-year-old Russian boy who lived with stray dogs. (July 3, 1998) http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/july1998/ivan-j23.shtml