| MODERN-DAY ROMULUS: BOY REARED BY DOGS |
An 11-year-old boy has been discovered in a cave in southern Chile, living with a pack of wild dogs, which reared him as one of their own. His ?mother¦ was a bitch who fed him with her milk. The boy lived in a cave with a pack of 15 wild dogs. It seems that one of the bitches, a leading member of the pack, played the role of the boy-s mother, in a modern-day version of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Ancient Rome, who were said to have been brought up by a she-wolf. The boy was so hungry and ill that he was taken to hospital. It is believed that he lived with these animals since he was very young, because he was terrified of the human beings who found him. A police officer said that he acted like a wild animal and threw himself into the sea. A police officer swam after him to bring him back to the shore. Upon arrival at hospital, his condition was described as serious, but stable. The old saying that the dog is man-s best friend is, after all, true. |