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Thank you for sharing! I'm looking forward to reading more from you!

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Thank you, Michele. You're appreciated. 💯

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I am truly looking forward to your next post.

Thank you for being here.

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«The only human habit he willingly adopted was smoking.»

This is the most bizarre detail of the story. What's so special about smoking?

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There are remarkable details more important than picking up the habit, except that it was the worst thing he could've possibly done, since it killed him at 34. What I find more fascinating is the fact that he didn't want anything to do with humans, and who can blame him?

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They killed his family; they killed his soul. Smoking was a distraction and a way to kill himself. They should have tried to find a foster wolf family for him.

When Humans stop seeing themselves as central to our Earth, that all species equally matter, we will have begun to make Progress.

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Ha! We're in sync. Without even seeing your comment, I just said the same thing. Thank you, Perry. You're appreciated.

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Great to know this, thanks Rene! I am not sure who’s right or wrong here, it does raise interesting questions on ethics, as you point out. Did you know Kipling’s house in Mumbai is still there? I plan to visit it this summer on my annual trip to native India.

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No, I didn't know that. About the ethics bit, one thing I realise which is rather obvious, is that they killed him when they took him out of his world, the jungle. I don't believe it was the cigarettes that killed him. It was the unbearable sadness of knowing how alone he really was.

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Thank you for sharing this story. The hunters must have thought they did the right thing just as all men do who think for others. Are not all wars for the right thing? At least that is what warmongers think otherwise they would not start or mind other country's/people's business.

I loved the story of Mowgli and wondered where he learned communicating in a language. In reality it was not so. Thanks once again.

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Man and canine evolved together, so aspects of each only developed because of the two species' proximity. We are all part-wolf more than we may know! I never really knew this story, and its ending is so tragic. Thank you.

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Thank you! I'm trying to find out how the baby ended up in the jungle. It's not like the Hindi to abandon their progeny. It just doesn't happen.

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What a fascinating story! Reminiscent of Truffaut's film "The Wild Child," based on a true story of a feral boy in 18th century France. As I recall, he too never learned to speak, had trouble with simple tasks and could never adjust to human society. Well worth seeing if the subject interests you.

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Definitely interested. I'll look it up. Thank you so much, Lia!

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This is a fascinating story! It's sad to learn about the realities of Dina Sanichar's life compared to the fictionalized Mowgli. The ethical questions you raise about removing him from his pack and the impact on his development are very thought-provoking.

Thanks for sharing this!

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Absolutely. And that's what killed him. Depression. I believe that in my heart of hearts.

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He was treated in the colonial style of helping other cultures “savages” out of their misery. The time period was that of expansion and colonizing. The perpetrators’ hubris would only allow them to help the poor backwards soul.

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Great share. The times explain the reaction of seeing a man with wolves, perhaps the wolves were also feral and reacting to the hunters in the jungle. Things happened the way they happened. By now Charindar ( excuse the spelling ) is amongst his wolf spirits. In today’s world, perhaps we would have observed him from a distance and allowed him to live his life. It seems we are always trying to do right by others and would eventually try to find a mate. As in Tarzan… However let’s keep that story to that time and thank you for the share. 🙏✨

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*Sanichar ( don’t know where I got the other name)

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It's similar to the story of Ishi, allegedly the last of his tribe, saved by the white people in California and put on display in a museum. They also thought they were doing the right thing.

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Another elephant man, yes. Tragic stories, one and all.

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Thank you for sharing, I had no knowledge of this.

It’s hard to know what is right, but the child had survived thus far without the help of man. To kill his pack, his family, I’m sure in front of him, was intently cruel. To capture him and let him endure the misery was equally cruel.

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They broke his heart into a million pieces. I'm not sure if they knew the consequences, but in those days, I don't believe they cared.

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Not to steal your thunder, wolves found a child and the child was raised in an ant hill. Maybe it’s the same person.

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Maybe. Do you have a link for that event?

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No. It was a copy of a London newspaper 1880. And humans who eat raw meat injured themselves so he died from eating raw meat. Now this was 20 years ago.

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Grasping at straws there might’ve been two children like a sister and she stopped eating around me and she lived. This is just distant memories for me. Thank you for your provoking post.

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Incredible story - & I agree with Perry!

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