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   Tilde to Aidan Kehoe   
   Re: Rescued 8-year-old Thai boy raised a   
   13 Jul 25 19:51:39   
   
   From: invalide@invalid.invalid   
      
   Aidan Kehoe wrote:   
   >   
   >   Ar an ceathrú lá de mí Iúil, scríobh Tilde:   
   >   
   >   > Not a case of a feral child but...   
   >   >   
   >   > https://gulfnews.com/world/offbeat/rescued-8-year-old-thai   
   boy-raised-among-dogs-only-communicates-by-barking-1.500185511   
   >   >   
   >   > An eight-year-old boy from Thailand’s Laplae district has been rescued   
   from   
   >   > a drug-ridden home where he was raised in near-total isolation and   
   learned   
   >   > to communicate only by barking.   
   >   >   
   >   > Authorities found the boy living in squalor, surrounded by six dogs,   
   after a   
   >   > school principal and local activists raised the alarm, according to a   
   report   
   >   > in Thaiger.   
   >   >   
   >   > The child, referred to as “Boy A” for legal reasons, had not   
   attended school   
   >   > for over two years.   
   >   
   > I wonder did he attend school at any point? I would expect him to have some   
   > (human) language ability if he did. He may be choosing not to use what   
   language   
   > he has for very understandable psychological reasons.   
      
   Follow the link. All covered in there.   
      
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