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Oxana Malaya: Girl who was raised by dogs, taught to be human

Oxana Malaya, Ukraine, 1991. [Julia Fullerton-Batten, BBC]

In a remote Ukrainian village in 1983, a girl named Oxana Malaya was born into a life far from ordinary. From the very beginning, her life was marked by tragedy and abandonment.

At just three years old, Oxana's parents - trapped in the grip of alcohol addiction - neglected her, leaving her to survive on her own.

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