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SHEEP BOY
A 14-year-old boy has been found in a ramshacklesheep shed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Doctors said he had beenraised by the sheep for the last eight years. His parents left forRussia to seek work in early 2000, leaving the five-year-old with hisill grandmother. For reasons unknown, he began living with the sheepalmost immed­iately. His plight came to light after his grandmother’sbody was found in a river. Now in state care in Bishkek, he cannotspeak or use a lavatory, and tears off socks and shoes nurses put onhis feet. [RIA Novosti] D.Express, 6 Nov 2009.

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