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Nationality
  
Ukrainian

Known for
  
Feral child

Name
  
Oxana Malaya


Oxana Malaya the “Dog Girl” crawling like a dog on top of a tree log

Full Name
  
Oxana Oleksandrivna Malaya

Born
  
November 4, 1983 (age 40) (
1983-11-04
) Ukrainian

Parents
  
Oleksandr Malyi, Valentyna Malaya

TV shows
  
Feral Children

Zodiac Sign
  
Scorpio

Nicknames
  
Oxana Malaya, Malaya, Oxana

Similar
  
Genie (feral child), Cambodian jungle girl, Ivan Mishukov

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Oxana Oleksandrivna Malaya (Ukrainian: Оксана Олександрівна Малая, born 4 November 1983, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, (then Soviet Union)) is a Ukrainian woman internationally known for her dog-imitating behaviour. Malaya has been the subject of documentaries, interviews and tabloid headlines as a feral child "raised by dogs", although it is not clear if she ever lived separately from people.

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Oxana Malaya | A Ukrainian among wild children inside a room wearing a collared shirt

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Facts

She was born on 4 November 1983, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.

She is known for her dog-imitating behavior.

She has been the subject of documentaries, interviews and tabloid headlines as a feral child "raised by dogs",

According to doctors and medical records, she was a normal child at birth, but later she was neglected by her alcoholic parents at an early age, and she lived among dogs.

Biography

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Malaya was born in the village of Nova Blagovishchenka in Hornostaivka Raion, Kherson Oblast, of the Ukrainian SSR. According to doctors and medical records, she was a normal child at birth. But later she was neglected by her alcoholic parents at an early age, and she lived surrounded by dogs. When Oxana was found by authorities, she was seven and a half years old, but she could not talk, lacked many basic skills, and physically behaved like a dog. She was running around on all fours, barking; slept on the floor; and she ate and took care of her hygiene like a dog.

Oxana Malaya standing straight while wearing a black and white shirt and a jacket

Malaya was eventually transferred to the foster home for mentally-disabled children in Barabol (rural Ovidiopol Raion of Odessa Oblast). She underwent years of specialized therapy and education to address her behavioural, social and educational issues. Upon adulthood, Oxana has been taught to subdue her dog-like behaviour, she learned to speak fluently and intelligently, she works at the farm milking cows, but remains somewhat intellectually impaired.

Oxana Malaya barking and acting like a dog while wearing an orange shirt

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 completely rehabilitated into "normal" society. In 2001 Russian TV channel "NTV" made a documentary about her life. There have been multiple articles about her in the press.

Oxana Malaya was being discovered with dogs in a kennel.  She lived with dogs for six years. (then and now photo)

In 2013, Oxana gave an interview on national Ukrainian TV, on the talk-show Govorit Ukraina, where she talked about herself and answered questions. During the show Oxana said that she wants to be treated like a normal human being, and is offended when others call her a "dog-girl". She said that she wants her brothers to visit her more often and that her main dream in her life is to find her biological mother. She also talked about her boyfriend, her life in the state foster home and her work with animals on the farm.

References

Oxana Malaya Wikipedia


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